Water was found on the sunlit surface of the moon

We have kept the moon waterless since the beginning of our research on space. Especially when astronauts returned to Earth in 1969 after the first lunar mission, the moon was still considered completely dry and rough. But is that really so? There is no water on the surface of the moon? According to a report published in 2016, scientists claim to have found ice-like water on the dark cool surface of the Moon's polar region. Since then, research has continued, and recently NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) found water for the first time in the moon's sunlit space. Confirmed. And this discovery points to the fact that water is found not only in certain places on the moon but also across the entire surface. And the presence of water on the moon, scientists are now thinking anew about the development of life there.

SOFIA discovered this water in the Clavius ​​Crater, south of the Moon, one of the canyons on the surface of the Moon visible from Earth. Earlier lunar missions have identified some hydrogen compounds, but neither water (H2O) nor hydroxyl (OH) compounds have been identified. After analyzing the data collected from there, the researchers said that this amount of water was found in one cubic meter of space on the surface of the moon, which amounts to 12 ounces. The study was published in the journal Nature.