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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Photo: There's Water on the Moon, Probes Confirm


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Dark shadows obscure craters on the moon's south pole in a picture from NASA's 1994 Clementine mission.

Scientists have long suspected the moon might have water, possible hidden in these permanent shadows. Now a trio of satellites have confirmed that water does exist in trace amounts over the entire lunar surface, scientists said in September 2009.

Picture courtesy NASA