Scientists detect Earth-equivalent amount of water within the moon

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Channel: Brown University · 2011 · Science & Technology

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The moon has much more water than previously thought, a scientific team including Brown University has discovered. First-time measurements of lunar melt inclusions show that some parts of the lunar mantle have as much water as the Earth's upper mantle. The results may change the prevailing theory about the Moon's origin as well as shed new light on the origin of water at the lunar poles.

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