NASA-Funded Scientists Make Lunar Watershed Discovery

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  • Author(s): PR Newswire
  • Source:
    PR Newswire US. 05/26/2011.
  • Additional Information
    • Alternate Title:
      NASA-water-moon-study
    • Subject Terms:
      California
    • Abstract:
      MOFFETT FIELD, Calif., May 26, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A team of NASA-funded researchers has measured for the first time water from the moon in the form of tiny globules of molten rock, which have turned to glass-like material trapped within crystals. Data from these newly-discovered lunar melt inclusions indicate the water content of lunar magma is 100 times higher than previous studies suggested. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]