Evidence of Water Discovered on the Moon

Michael Barkoviak - July 20, 2008 2:39 PM View from the moon to the Earth (Source: NASA) It's official ... the moon does have water! A new article published in the science journal Nature indicates there is evidence of water on the moon. A team led by Brown University's Alberto Saal analyzed pebbles from lunar volcanic glasses that were collected during the NASA Apollo space missions. "What is important for me is it's telling me something about the origin of the moon and the Earth and the presence of water at very early times," Saal said in a press statement. With space nations now aiming for manned missions to the moon, a possibility of liquid water located on the moon has excited researchers. But astronomers will now have to head back to the drawing board to try and discover how much water is available on the moon and if... [read full story]