Evidence Of Water Beneath Moon’s Stony Face

By KENNETH CHANG, New York Times
Thu, 05/26/2011 - 11:42am

Scientists analyzing bits of hardened lava from long-ago lunar eruptions found about as much water as in similar magmas on Earth.

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