When researchers first noted evidence of water on the Moon, they also found permanently shadowed regions, areas that do not see the Sun and therefore are frigid, hold trapped water ice. Experts suspect the areas have held trapped volatiles for up to billions of years. Observations from instruments on orbiters and probes found that the Moon’s north andContinue reading “The Moon has less water than we thought”
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