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Craft Find Traces of Water on Moon

Widespread, but still unclear how much

By Will McCahill, Newser Staff

Posted Sep 23, 2009 8:00 PM CDT

(Newser) – There is indeed some water on the moon, with three different spacecraft seemingly putting to rest the scientific school of thought that the orb is bone-dry. Friday’s issue of the journal Science cites “unambiguous evidence” of either water (two hydrogen molecules and one... Read full story »

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