Moon’s interior water casts doubt on formation theory
By Jason PalmerScience and technology reporter, BBC News
The study looked at pockets of volcanic material locked in glassAn analysis of sediments brought back by the Apollo 17 mission has shown that the Moon’s interior holds far more water than previously thought.
The analysis, reported in Science, has looked at pockets of volcanic material locked within tiny glass beads.
It found 100 times more water in the beads than has been measured before, and suggests that the Moon once held a Caribbean Sea-sized volume of water.
The find also casts doubt on aspects of theories of how the Moon first formed.
A series of studies in recent years has only served to increase the amount of water thought to be on the Moon.
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