NASA Researchers Confirmed Water On The Moon
WATER ON THE MOON CONFIRMED – Excitement filled the air as NASA recently revealed an “exciting discovery” about Earth’s lovely neighbor, the Moon.
According to NASA, the moon appears to hold “a lot” of water. As such, the future of Moon explorations could potentially become easier. There were two studies published in Nature Astronomy which reveal the empirical necessity of finding water.
The first paper was led by Dr. Casy Honnibal, a researcher from the University of Hawaii. Based on his reports, there was “unequivocal discovery” of water on our natural satellite’s surface. Meanwhile, the second study headed by Dr. Paul Hyne from the University of Colorado, says the Moon captured and stored water in what he calls “cold traps”.
However, the team is still unsure where the water is exactly located on the Moon’s surface. But, they did theorize that it could be trapped in glass crystals. Along with this, remains within the Moon’s soil grain could also be an indication for water on the surface.
Additionally, researchers were developing a hypothesis as to where the water may have come from. Among the possibilities they came up with was the water being brought by asteroids and meteors. But, there is also a possibility that the Moon itself produced water through a different mechanism.
According to an article from IFL Science, Dr. Hyne stated:
If we’re right water is going to be more accessible for drinking water, for rocket fuel, everything that NASA needs water for.
Likewise, Associate Professor Alice Gorman from Flinders University, said:
These results have implications for how humans might extract the water to sustain a habitation or make fuel
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