NASA announced today that there is water on the bright surface of the Moon. While explaining the amount of water found, one wonders how the water formed and how it survived the harsh environment of the Moon.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced in its new discovery statement on the moon’s luminous surface that there was water. The discovery was made by Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA).
NASA announced this new discovery at a conference it held today. In the statement made by the space agency, he stated that water on the surface of the Moon rather than dark and cold regions can be distributed to various areas.
NASA announced: Water found on the Moon
Paul Hertz, director of the Astrophysics Department of NASA Moon “Hon the luminous surface of the Moon2 We have received indications that there may be O -. We water as we know it -now know that there is water there,“ said. Hertz also said that this discovery challenged what was known about the surface of the Moon and caused new questions to arise.
Casey Honniball author of the study, “without a thick atmosphere into space had mixed water at the Moon’s bright surface, but we still see it. Something must be accounted for and holding water there,” he said.
Water molecules in, one of the largest visible craters, located in the southern hemisphere of the Moon were detected in Clavius Crater. Regarding the amount of water discovered, NASA stated that it is about the size of one 12-ounce (340 gram) bottle and is located in one cubic meter of soil.
The space agency also stated, for comparison, that the Sahara Desert amount of water on the Moon’s surface 100 times greater than the. Although the amount of water available is quite small, scientists wonder how this water formed and how it could withstand the rough surface of the moon. To the full study published in Nature Astronomy, you can it here find.
