Nasa announcement: What is on the Moon? - BBC News

The US space agency, Nasa, has revealed conclusive evidence of water on the Moon.

Unlike previous detections of water in permanently shadowed parts of lunar craters, scientists have now detected the molecule in sunlit regions of the Moon's surface.

But what does this mean for future missions to the Moon? And beyond?

And what else is on the Moon?

BBC Science Correspondent Laura Foster explains.

Video by Laura Foster, Terry Saunders and Mattea Bubalo.

[Aego]

One day, going to the moon will be a boring school trip.

[PandaPowerable]

Now let's see how long it takes man to pollute all the water on the moon.

[lemdixon]

She's clearly the BBC's Moon Correspondent.

[nothandongema]

How about we stop looking for other places in our solar system to mess, and fix the one we are currently living on. Just a WILD thought 💭
There’s still countries on earth that don’t even have access to clean water yet!

[realfactsscience]

Random Fact:

Dolphins give each other specific names.
They create them through making certain sounds to each other to represent each dolphin.

-RealFacts

[AH-bmts]

We are so far behind the predicted timeline set in sci-fi media🤦🏽‍♂️

[hifa]

I literally hurried to leave my online class just to see *what is on the moon* 🔥😑

[venkeysdreams]

Lets save the earth first and let it b habitable for future generations to come then think of making moon a habitable place.

[ethicalphytophage]

If they looked on the other side, they'd find evidence of Autobots. ;)

[wesleyrodgers]

Hydrogen and oxygen.
Air to breathe and fuel to burn. Excellent.

[paulhoskin]

Water on the moon how soon can I go fishing then

[MetaBallStudios]

It's fine for me go to the moon, I'm so excited but beware of the nazi bases

[realfactsscience]

Random Fact:

Forcing a Smile Actually Makes You Happier.
Even if you're down in the dumps, putting a smile on—even if you don't feel like it—can literally trick your brain into thinking there's something to smile about, which then will improve your mood..

-RealFacts

[jackywhite]

Doubtless we'll end up making the Moon into as much of a rubbish dump as the Earth.

[SebV]

"What happens on moon ( Footprints ) stays on moon forever"😂

[linabaa]

Someday human exploration could break the moon.

[Waffler]

we've already achieved so much just in my short 2 decades on this planet imagine it excites me to think what we could achieve in another 2 decades especially if we could all just unify the earth instead of fighting each other over silly things constantly

[annomaly]

Maybe we should just get ahold of what’s going on on earth first? 🤦‍♀️

[gazf]

More economical to launch missions from the Moon? Yeah, after the Billions it will take to set up and maintain a safe, functional moon base with a launch pad, crew quarters, all terrain buggy’s, support staff, scientists, laboratory, and the means to feed these people. Or will it be all unmanned? Still gotta build the launch pad first though. 🤔

[giovanna]

Leave the moon alone, do we have to destroy and contaminating the moon as well?