Weekly - ISRO studies effect of CMEs on moon’s exosphere and more
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ISRO studies effect of CMEs on moon’s exosphere for the first time
Last week, ISRO’s Chandrayaan-2 lunar orbiter studied the exosphere of the moon (its thin atmosphere) and identified how it is affected by the sun. The spacecraft found that Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) —large bursts of magnetised plasma from the Sun—can dislodge particles from the Moon’s surface, adding them to its atmosphere. This is the first time the effect of CMEs on the lunar exosphere is being studied.
SpaceX launches its 10,000th Starlink satellite
Last week, SpaceX successfully launched its 10,000th Starlink internet constellation satellite. It was launched on its Falcon-9 rocket carrying 28 such satellites.
