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Researchers Discover Water On The Moon Is Widespread, Similar To Earth's

Scientists have discovered that water on the moon is more widespread than previously thought--on the outside and inside of the moon--with some similarities to water in volcanic systems on Earth.

Unlike lunar dew which is believed to come from an outside source such as solar wind which brings hydrogen into contact with the Moon’s oxygen, the water discovered is internal, arising from an entirely different origin.

Image credit: University of Tennessee-Knoxville