Target Audience: NASA's Friday Moon Crash Offers Plenty of Opportunities for Amateur Viewing

The astronomy community, amateurs and professionals alike, will turn its attention to the moon early tomorrow morning in the hopes of confirming the long-suspected presence of water ice trapped in permanently shadowed areas near the lunar poles (not to mention the drama of seeing two man-made objects crash into the moon). A research collaboration showed last month that water exists at very low levels across the lunar surface , but concentrated ice deposits would likely be a more accessible and abundant resource. [More]

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