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Water on the moon

The scarred surface near the North Pole of the Moon as captured by one of the cameras of NASA's LRO probe. The first step of the researchers was to decipher the two-dimensional images in an attempt to understand how many pits and depressions there are in these areas, what their possible depth is and what proportion of their surface is permanently shaded NASA /GSFC/ASU

The frozen side of the moon

A new study by Weizmann Institute of Science scientists and their research partners in the USA indicates that at least some of the water on the moon may be trapped in much more accessible places - in pits and small depressions.
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)
The image shows the distribution of ice on the surface of the Moon's South Pole (left) and North Pole (right), as observed by NASA's Lunar Mapper. The blue color represents the locations of the ice deposits, the gray color marks the surface temperature ( dark representing cold areas and light shades indicating warm areas). The ice is concentrated in the darkest and coldest places, on the crater floors. This is the first time that scientists have directly identified absolute evidence of water ice on the surface of the moon. Photo: NASA

NASA has confirmed the presence of ice at the poles of the moon

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[Courtesy: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center]

The water on the moon may be stationary and spread over a large area

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Illustration: Olga Prilipko Huber / Brown University.

New research has revealed that the depths of the moon are rich in water

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A robotic lunar rover searches for ice in a crater. Image: NASA

Taiwan will jointly develop a lunar rover with NASA

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The central peak of the Copernicus Crater on the Moon. Photo: NASA's LROC spacecraft

The Earth's Moon - Summary of Findings Part 4

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An illustration created using LRO altimeter data shows a possible appearance of Shackleton Crater at the moon's south pole.

LRO confirmed the possibility of ice in the Shackleton Crater at the south pole of the Moon

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The plume that was blown from the Kabaus crater by the Centaur rocket that hit it and was photographed by the LCROSS spacecraft, minutes before it itself crashed into the same crater

Water on the moon and much more

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LCROSS discovered water on the moon

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For the first time, water was discovered on an asteroid, Themis.

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NASA: The LCROSS crash operation was successful, the data still needs to be analyzed to know if there is water there

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NASA is trying to figure out how to make water from moon dust

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Water was discovered on the moon

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And again - there is no water on the moon

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And they hit the rock of the moon and water came out of it

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Hubble is looking for resources on the moon

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Disappointment: The ice deposits on the moon are small, if they exist at all

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5 times more water on the moon

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Lunar Prospector crashed into the ice field she discovered on the moon

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