Surface Water Seen Trapped in Rocks on the Moon
today reveals more space water much closer to home. Using data from the Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) lunar orbiter, two researchers from Brown University found something thought to be long gone: Water on the surface of the moon. But don't expect to go swimming anytime soon; it's trapped in rock. The researchers specifically focused on pyroclastic rock, which is volcanic in origin. Samples returned from Apollo 15 and 17 showed an abundance of water trapped in glass "beads" within the rock, but researchers have since debated ...
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