Water in the Moon?

A new study says that the Moon may be full of water!

The red spots have the most water!

The red spots have the most water!

In the 1960s, people blasted off to the Moon! NASA’s Apollo missions sent astronauts there for the first time. One of the goals was to look for water. Over the years, scientists found small amounts of water in moon rocks. But on Monday, a new study said that the Moon may have a lot of water inside!

Scientists at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, wrote the report. They studied data from satellites. The data showed that some areas of the Moon have large amounts of trapped water. The water is in glass beads that formed from volcanic magma.

Ralph Milliken is the lead author of the report. “This tells us that there is water deep inside the Moon,” he told News-O-Matic. “It is not water ice or rivers or lakes or anything like that. It is water molecules mixed in with all of the rock stuff.” Milliken added, “Now the big question is ‘how did it get there?’”

This isn’t the first discovery of water on the Moon. In 2008, geologist Alberto Saal found small amounts of water in moon rocks. But the satellite data shows proof of water scattered all across the Moon’s surface. That means the water isn’t just in one spot. And there is probably more water in the Moon than scientists thought possible!

This find could give scientists clues about how the Moon formed. It could also play a big part in future space missions. If astronauts could get water from the Moon, they wouldn’t have to bring as much with them. They could also stay longer!

Updated July 26, 2017, 5:02 P.M. (ET)
By Ashley Morgan

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The red spots have the most water!

The red spots have the most water!

Water in the Moon?

A new study says that the Moon may be full of water!

In the 1960s, people blasted off to the Moon! NASA’s Apollo missions sent astronauts there for the first time. One of the goals was to look for water. Over the years, scientists found small amounts of water in moon rocks. But on Monday, a new study said that the Moon may have a lot of water inside!

Scientists at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, wrote the report. They studied data from satellites. The data showed that some areas of the Moon have large amounts of trapped water. The water is in glass beads that formed from volcanic magma.

Ralph Milliken is the lead author of the report. “This tells us that there is water deep inside the Moon,” he told News-O-Matic. “It is not water ice or rivers or lakes or anything like that. It is water molecules mixed in with all of the rock stuff.” Milliken added, “Now the big question is ‘how did it get there?’”

This isn’t the first discovery of water on the Moon. In 2008, geologist Alberto Saal found small amounts of water in moon rocks. But the satellite data shows proof of water scattered all across the Moon’s surface. That means the water isn’t just in one spot. And there is probably more water in the Moon than scientists thought possible!

This find could give scientists clues about how the Moon formed. It could also play a big part in future space missions. If astronauts could get water from the Moon, they wouldn’t have to bring as much with them. They could also stay longer!

Updated July 26, 2017, 5:02 P.M. (ET)
By Ashley Morgan

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Water in the Moon?

A new study says that the Moon may be full of water!

The red spots have the most water!

The red spots have the most water!

In the 1960s, people blasted off to the Moon! NASA’s Apollo missions sent astronauts there for the first time. One of the goals was to look for water. Over the years, scientists found small amounts of water in moon rocks. But on Monday, a new study said that the Moon may have a lot of water inside!

Scientists at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, wrote the report. They studied data from satellites. The data showed that some areas of the Moon have large amounts of trapped water. The water is in glass beads that formed from volcanic magma.

Ralph Milliken is the lead author of the report. “This tells us that there is water deep inside the Moon,” he told News-O-Matic. “It is not water ice or rivers or lakes or anything like that. It is water molecules mixed in with all of the rock stuff.” Milliken added, “Now the big question is ‘how did it get there?’”

This isn’t the first discovery of water on the Moon. In 2008, geologist Alberto Saal found small amounts of water in moon rocks. But the satellite data shows proof of water scattered all across the Moon’s surface. That means the water isn’t just in one spot. And there is probably more water in the Moon than scientists thought possible!

This find could give scientists clues about how the Moon formed. It could also play a big part in future space missions. If astronauts could get water from the Moon, they wouldn’t have to bring as much with them. They could also stay longer!

Updated July 26, 2017, 5:02 P.M. (ET)
By Ashley Morgan

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Water in the Moon?

A new study says that the Moon may be full of water!

In the 1960s, people blasted off to the Moon! NASA’s Apollo missions sent astronauts there for the first time. One of the goals was to look for water. Over the …

July 27, 2017