The Moon May Have Frost

Scientists using data from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, have identified bright areas in craters near the moon's south pole that are cold enough to have frost present on the surface.

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Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/David Ladd

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[miabua]

Is there a difference between the ice, and the frost on the Moon? I know the difference here on Earth, but I'm not sure wether the implications are the same on the Moon.

[IstasPumaNevada]

That's pretty neat. I hope we get more information on this to tell with more confidence.

[alecat]

Could the channel at about 130'E also have been formed by water?

[rocktcatU]

Ancient Lunar Penguin civilization confirmed?

[DKTAz]

Sweet, now just send a nuclear reactor up there and let's build a base, just tell people it's coal fired.

[complositeur]

It's not better to zoom on the city at 130 est ??? please can you buy a better camera... all this money for those lowers resolution pictures...

[Ravedaze.]

Well I was hoping it was made of cheese ☹️

[teenee]

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[theisland]

how would you know? you guys have never been there.