Moon Once Harbored Water, Lunar Lava Beads Show [News]
Wednesday, July 9, 2008 - 12:28
in Astronomy & Space
Researchers have found the first evidence of past water on the moon: trace water molecules trapped in glassy, volcanic pebbles brought back to Earth by Apollo astronauts in the 1960s and early 1970s. [More]
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