Water has been discovered inside tiny beads of glass on the moon. The discovery could potentially provide a “sustainable, responsible” source of water for future exploration, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Geoscience. Over the past few decades, several missions have shown that there is water both on the surface and trapped inside minerals on the moon.
But this recent study goes a step further as the first to find water within the lunar surface’s glass beads, which may make up around 3% to 5% of lunar soil. Rough estimates say the moon could be holding a third of a trillion tonnes of water inside all these glass beads.
The discovery comes at a time when scientists are warning of the severe danger our water resources on Earth are currently facing.
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