NASA finds definitive evidence of water on the moon’s surface

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The discovery of water on the moon's sunlit surface by NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) came as a surprise, a NASA scientist said on Oct. 26, and has prompted questions about the history of the moon as well as other airless bodies in the solar system.

"We weren't guessing that water could survive in the sunlit part of the moon," Paul Hertz, NASA'S Director of Astrophysics said.

The findings suggest that water may be distributed across the surface of the moon, and not limited to it's colder regions.

In 2018, NASA scientists confirmed the presence of water on the moon's surface - in hundreds of patches of ice deposited in the darkest and coldest reaches of its polar region. The water found in the sunlit region is far less concentrated than that found in the icy deposits on the lunar poles in 2018, and scientists will first try to mine the polar region for water, Hertz said.

Scientists now want to expand their search across the entire earth-facing side of the moon to see if they can find more signs of water.

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Now if we could only find intelligent life on earth.

chrisc
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To bad it was not oil. America needs some motivation to get back into space exploration.

danielbaze
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So you're saying the whale that the South Park boys sent there has a chance.

Hard
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Oh so water can survive in 260 degree Fahrenheit now?

anthonyw
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Are you sure? What if the water is actually Alien pee?

PEACEMAKER
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And i believe this because ... Wait ? You trust nasa in 2020 🤦🏿‍♂️🤡?

findingsolutions
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A conspiracy minded person would think he slipped up when saying 'the first people to visit the moon'...

rzretur
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12 ounces per cubic meter?!! What kind of scientist uses mixed units? What scientist ever uses fluid ounce units?!

ScientificSolutions
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That's great!! Just for when we run out🙂

melanconiasol
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ROFL you telling me you see water on the moon from an Earth based airplane...
how much hydrogen and oxygen atoms in the rock we brought back from the moon?

guslook
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is there not a theory the earth and the moon were once once planet broken apart by a colission with another planet (or is that the whole Niburu theory lol)? ;)

MrCarpediem
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I sing bing warter to the moon 🌙 good I dear ty some time can grow some trees 🌳 on the moon to bi good 👍 when have trees 🌳 can mack land not hot jut ty how it work to bi see

nattidathaifire
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I am trying really hard, what do I care if there is water in outer space or on any object ! We aren’t going there to get any so what the hell is so important about water in outer space ! Do you have friends traveling that way soon?? If you don’t what the hell kind if news is that anyway ! Water Boy bring me some water!

mrzorron