Chandrayaan-3’s debut data, Viral ‘blue lava,’ and missing MH370 plane

Plus: Chandrayaan-3 records first-ever temperature changes on lunar's south pole. 🚀 Soon after a successful, history-making landing, India’s Chandrayaan-3 lander and rover wastes no time and delivers the first-ever temperature profile of the lunar south pole. According to the data, the temperature of the lunar topsoil is roughly 122 degrees Fahrenheit (50 degrees Celsius). As per a recent tweet by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), this latest data would allow scientists to “understand the thermal behavior of the moon's surface.” Read more in today's [Must Read](. Good morning. I’m Sade, an editor at IE. This is the Blueprint. Here's to discovering something new every day! 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Must Read [🛰 Chandrayaan-3 records temperature changes on lunar surface]( 🌗 Just a short while after making lunar history with a smooth touchdown, the Chandrayaan-3 lander and rover didn’t hold back — they got to work on gathering the first-ever temperature data on the Moon’s south pole. ISRO shared the debut data on X from one of the lander's star performers: ChaSTE (Chandra's Surface Thermophysical Experiment). Now, let's talk about ChaSTE. This crafty instrument uses a "controlled penetration mechanism" to slip beneath the lunar surface by about 10 cm. With its eagle-eyed precision, the device employs ten sensors to track the dance of temperatures beneath the Moon's outer layer. The graph shared by ISRO on X depicts the temperature range from 14-140 degrees Fahrenheit (-10 to 60 degrees Celsius), depending on the depth. The lack of an atmosphere causes significant temperature changes on the lunar surface over its day and night cycle. 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