India is finally on the Moon. It took an arduous journey of years, a failed mission and a voyage of 40 days for Chandrayaan-3 to be the first to arrive on the Moon’s dark side or south pole on Wednesday. But why at all are we there?
Life on Earth is an anomaly, or so we assume – distinct from the other cold rock bodies strewn across the space. Our closest neighbour, the Moon, is nothing like the Earth. But it carries with itself mysteries that may not be exclusive to it, but relevant for planetary bodies across the universe.
