The Lunar Space Race: Chandrayaan-3's Success and Russia's Decline
India successfully landed its Chandrayaan-3 probe near the moon's south pole, becoming the first nation to do so, following a failed attempt in 2019. Meanwhile, the Russian space agency had an unsuccessful landing attempt with the Luna-25 spacecraft. Landing on the moon has proven challenging, with recent failed missions by Israel and Japan. Scientists hope to find frozen water in the area, which could be used for future space missions. In other news, researchers have reconstructed music from people's brains and identified major wildfires as a cause of a mass extinction event in North America 13,000 years ago.