Trillions of pounds of water may be strewn across the moon, trapped in tiny glass beads that could have formed when asteroids struck the lunar surface, according to a new study.

The glassy water features on the moon were previously found in an investigation on lunar mineralogy conducted in 1969 (thanks to observations made by a balloon observatory). But those observations ...

Water has been found hidden inside tiny glass beads taken from the surface of the moon by China's Chang'e 5 mission. In a paper published Monday in the journal Nature Geoscience, scientists ...

New Clue In The Mystery Of Glassy Water Date: February 5, 2008 Source: Arizona State University Summary: Water has some amazing properties. A less commonly known distinction of water, but one of ...

China’s Chang’e 5 rover has found tiny glass beads containing water in an impact crater on the Moon. Samples collected from a 2020 mission found beads with water content as high as 2,000 parts ...

But to scientists’ delight, faint traces of water seem to persist in the sunlit lunar surface. Instruments on three spacecraft confirmed the discovery, announced in 2009, but there was a catch ...

Sneaking up on the glassy transition of water Date: September 27, 2011 Source: American Institute of Physics Summary: Researchers claim to have settled a long-standing debate over the exact ...

Trillions of pounds of water may be strewn across the moon, trapped in tiny glass beads that could have formed when asteroids struck the lunar surface, according to a new study.