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June 01, 2016

A new, water-logged history of the Moon
Paris (AFP) May 31, 2016
After the Apollo missions scooped up rocks from the Moon's surface and brought them home, scientists were convinced for decades that they had proof our nearest celestial neighbour was drier than a bone. How wrong they were. New technology detected water in those dusty samples nearly a decade ago, and a new study, published Wednesday, tells us how and when that water - lots and lots of it - likely wound up on the Moon. In a word, asteroids. After the Moon was born of a collision betwe ... read more

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