• Cutting-edge techniques enhance search for lunar water ice

    ByReet Kaur

    Scientists are deploying ShadowCam’s high-sensitivity imaging and cosmic ray radar simulations to locate and quantify lunar water ice, a critical resource for future lunar bases that could provide drinking water or be processed into rocket fuel components.

  • Study sheds light on the origin of lunar surface water

    ByTW

    A new study in Nature Geoscience identified impact glass beads in lunar soils as a significant water reservoir. The researchers estimate that the total amount of water contained within impact glass beads found in lunar soils could be as much as 2.7 x 1014 kg — equivalent to 270 trillion kg.