Showing posts with label Water Discovered in Moon Shadow. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Water Discovered in Moon Shadow. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Water Discovered in Moon Shadow

Why is there water on the Moon? Last month, the LCROSS mission crashed a large impactor into a permanently shadowed crater near the Moon's South Pole. A plume of dust rose that was visible to the satellite, although hard to discern from Earth. The plume is shown above in visible light. Last week, the results of a preliminary chemical analysis gave a clear indication that the dust