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October 27, 2020

Calveus Crater on the Moon with an illustration depicting water trapped in the lunar soil inside, along with an image of NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (Sophia) which discovered lunar water in a sunny area. Credit: NASA

Water has also been discovered outside the shadowy craters on the moon

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The Sophia airborne observatory has detected water molecules (H2O) in Calveus Crater, one of the largest craters visible from Earth, located in the southern hemisphere of the Moon. Previous observations of the lunar surface detected some type of hydrogen compound, but failed to distinguish water from its close chemical relative, hydroxyl (OH)
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