India’s Chandrayaan-2 lunar orbiter has achieved a groundbreaking scientific milestone by making the first-ever observation of how a solar storm, specifically a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME), affects the Moon’s exosphere.
The discovery stems from data collected by the orbiter’s Chandra’s Atmospheric Composition Explorer-2 (CHACE-2) instrument.
During a strong CME event on May 10, 2024
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