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Chandrayaan 3 data reveals violent past of lunar highlands

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New Delhi: Data from the Chandrayaan 3 mission indicates that the lunar soil or regolith at the southern nearside highlands is significantly more mafic, or high in magnesium and iron than previously thought. Scientists had previously believed that the lunar crust was also high in feldspar, like the Earth. The findings are derived from the Alpha Particle X-Ray Spectrometer (APXS) instrument on the Pragyaan rover. The research, conducted by scient…
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NEWS9 LIVE broke the news on Monday, June 8, 2026.
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