Published in Chemistry World, 18 Nov 2009
Scientists operating Nasa’s LCROSS (lunar crater observation and sensing satellite) mission, part of which impacted the moon on live television last month, say that shadowy lunar craters almost certainly contain water ice.
The claim comes in response to preliminary spectroscopic data showing the characteristic absorption and emission lines of water molecules and hydroxyl – the break-up product of water made from one hydrogen and one oxygen atom – in the Cabeus lunar crater. […]
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