New Delhi: Scientists from the Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) in Ahmedabad have found strong signs of buried ice in the coldest craters surrounding the Lunar South Pole. These are doubly shadowed craters nested inside larger permanently shadowed regions. Their raised rims block direct sunlight, and also scatter light and heat from nearby sunlit areas. This keeps their interior temperatures as low as −248 °C, cold enough for ice to remain sta…
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