Environmental

NASA-Funded Scientists Make Lunar Watershed Discovery

Moffett Field, CA-(ENEWSPF)- A team of NASA-funded researchers has measured for the first time water from the moon in the form of tiny globules of molten rock, which have turned to glass-like material trapped within crystals. Data from these newly-discovered lunar melt inclusions indicate the water content of lunar magma is 100 times higher than previous studies suggested.

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The inclusions were found in lunar sample 74220, the famous high-titanium "orange glass soil" of volcanic origin…

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