"What we need is definitive measurements of the ice content." Earth's moon is a treasure trove of resources. Space agencies around the world are planning missions to access and use lunar volatiles, ...
On Earth, CI chondrites make up only 1% of all meteorites that have been collected, but they may be far more common on the moon. Fragments of a rare type of meteorite have been found in the sample of ...
In April 2024, India’s space agency ISRO revealed a discovery that could reshape the future of lunar exploration: the Moon contains far more accessible water ice than previously believed. Using ...
In a discovery that could rewrite what we know about where water comes from and the building blocks of life in the solar system, researchers have found rare meteorite pieces inside dust brought back ...
In a finding that could drastically revise our understanding of water's origins in the inner solar system, an analysis of the first-ever lunar samples from the far side of the Moon suggests that water ...
Earth's moon is a treasure trove of resources. Space agencies around the world are planning missions to access and use lunar volatiles, which include hydrogen, water, helium, carbon dioxide, and ...