Moon may have more frozen water than previously thought
Earth”s Moon and Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun, may have far more water ice than previously thought, new evidence suggests.
“If confirmed, this potential reservoir of frozen water on the Moon may be sufficiently massive to sustain long-term lunar exploration,” said Noah Petro, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Project Scientist at NASA”s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
The potential ice deposits are found in craters near the poles of both Moon and Mercury, said the study published in the journal Nature Geoscience.
