NASA's SOFIA Finds Water On The Moon's Sunlit Side!

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The Clavius Crater on the Moon as seen by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. The SOFIA observatory has detected water ice in shadowed regions of this sunlit lunar location ((Image credit: NASA/Moon Trek/USGS/LRO)

The presence of ice in the permanently shadowed craters around the Moon's poles has been known for some time. However, researchers had been unsure if the hydration detected on the satellite's sunlit areas was "molecular" water (H2O), or hydroxyl (OH), a molecule that's one hydrogen atom shy of becoming water. On October 26, 2020, NASA confirmed that the liquid was indeed water.

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  • skullcrusher11
    skullcrusher11약 5년
    Get ready 2038 we will be living on the moon! Like this comment if you agree.
  • uniccos-1599616
    uniccos-1599616약 5년
    that is soo cool are other planets like mars the same!?
    • bookbug278
      bookbug278약 5년
      This is incredible!!
      • christmastree20
        christmastree20약 5년
        Wow!
        • eternalicedrake
          eternalicedrake약 5년
          I wonder if this means that at one point a species of animal, such as tardigrades that can live in space, once lived on the moon.
          • legitbg
            legitbg약 5년
            maybe if they could find water people can live on the moon
            • awalker_05
              awalker_05약 5년
              If you read the article-it says that the water cant sustain humans
              • babyyodaforever
                babyyodaforever5년 이하
                That could change once we find more water.
              • cats_no_science
                cats_no_science약 5년
                Actually, it is more possible to someday live on mars then the moon. Although, it could still take hundreds of years.
                • babyyodaforever
                  babyyodaforever5년 이하
                  Mars is WAY too hot.
                  • g-rat
                    g-rat5년 이하
                    I like your observations and how your saying mars is too hot and its good to be skeptical of things but mars isnt actually that hot taking into consideration everything Mars is the 4th planet and earth is the 3rd while that doesnt seem like it would make a difference theres so much space in between the planets, and the moon orbits the earth meaning at some points the moon is closer to the sun than even the earth which also means its even more closer than before to the sun than mars.
              • potato346
                potato346약 5년
                it's so cool how there could be water on the moon.
                • maria_goodvibes
                  maria_goodvibes약 5년
                  This is cool but how does the water get on the moon?
                  • g-love
                    g-love약 5년
                    How are you supposed to find water on the moon that is so crazy!
                    • bruhwhyyou
                      bruhwhyyou약 5년
                      how do the telescopes zoom in that much on the moon that you can see the molecules from that far away

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