India's moon lander is the first to study the lunar south pole region up close. Here are 5 scientific discoveries it's already made.

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Image of the rover on board India's moon lander.
The lunar rover that recently landed near the moon's south pole is about as big as a medium-sized dog.

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Apple has a big China problem that's 22 years in the making

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an Apple store in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan province
An Apple store in Chengdu, China.

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India's moon lander detected movement near the lunar south pole. It could be the first signs of a moonquake in nearly 50 years.

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India's Chandrayaan-3 Vikram lander on the moon.

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How India landed on the moon and flew to Mars at a fraction of the cost of NASA and Russia missions

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Getting to the moon is expensive, but India managed to do it on a budget.

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Why Russia and India both crashed near the moon's south pole before India nailed the first soft landing there

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The lunar south pole region on the far side of the moon, captured by Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft before its failed attempt to land.

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India wants to fly its own astronauts to the moon, after becoming the first nation to land near the lunar south pole

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A 3D reconstitution of the India moon lander is seen descending on the moon.
A still from a livestream shows a 3D reconstitution of India's historic moon landing.

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De-dollarization won't happen anytime soon as 'it's not so easy' to beat the greenback, Indian minister says

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President of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, President of China Xi Jinping, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pose for a BRICS family photo during the 2023 BRICS Summit at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa, on August 23, 2023.
The leaders of the BRICS countries at a summit in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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India's adorable, dog-sized moon rover did its first science on the moon by shooting powerful laser beams at the surface

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Image of the rover on board India's moon lander.
The Pragyaan rover will be the first robot to drive around on the lunar south pole. What will it find?

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Billionaire investor Ray Dalio says India's moon landing demonstrates its economic 'ascendance'

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Ray Dalio speaks during the Web Summit 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal on November 7, 2018.
Ray Dalio is the founder of Bridgewater Associates.

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The race to the moon is heating up as lunar resources could top $1 quadrillion in value

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A 3D reconstitution of the India moon lander is seen descending on the moon.
A still from a livestream shows a 3D reconstitution of India's historic moon landing on August 23.

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