"Unraveling Lunar Mysteries: Chandrayaan-3's Ejecta Halo Reveals Moon's Secrets"
India's Chandrayaan-3 mission successfully landed on the moon's surface, leaving behind a visible "ejecta halo" of moon dust. Photos taken by the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter captured the ring-shaped plume of lunar regolith displaced by Chandrayaan-3's thrusters during touchdown. Scientists estimate that around 2.06 metric tons of moon dust were scattered across an area of 1,167 square feet. Chandrayaan-2, which failed to land in 2019, witnessed Chandrayaan-3's successful landing. Only three other countries - the United States, the Soviet Union, and China - have achieved soft landings on the moon.