India, May 28 -- Scientists studying data from India's Chandrayaan-2 mission have found fresh evidence pointing to the possible presence of ice beneath the Moon's surface near its South Polar Region. The findings come from a detailed analysis carried out by researchers at the Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad, using observations from the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter's Dual Frequency Synthetic Aperture Radar (DFSAR).

The research focused on permanently shadowed regions (PSRs) near the lunar south pole - areas that never receive sunlight and remain among the coldest places in the solar system. Within these regions, scientists closely examined what they describe as "doubly shadowed craters," small craters located inside larger permanen...