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high pre-eruptive water contents preserved in lunar melt inclusions

Water content of lunar magma is 100 times higher than previous studies suggested

Water content of lunar magma is 100 times higher than previous studies suggested

Saturday, May 28, 2011Friday, March 4, 2022

A team of NASA-funded researchers has measured for the first time water from the moon in the form of tiny globules of molten rock, which have turned to glass-like material trapped within crystals. Data from these newly-discovered lunar melt inclusions indicate the

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