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A team of physicists have uncovered evidence that the Moon may have had liquid water on its surface at one point. The team of Japanese and German researchers probed 13 different lunar meteorites using micro-Raman spectrometry, electron microscopy, and synchrotron angle-dispersive x-ray diffraction to work out the different …

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  1. 89724905708169238590784I9305670349743096734346773478647852349863592355648544996313857148583659264921

    Water MUST exist deep under Moonground

    Water sinks deep beneath the earth, on Earth.

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  2. TrumpSlurp the Troll
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    No traces of dairy, then?

    So my blue cheese doesn't have a lunar origin?

    Domage fromage.

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    1. gnarlymarley
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      Re: No traces of dairy, then?

      So my blue cheese doesn't have a lunar origin?

      Just give is some time. They will probably find a trace. . . .

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  3. Mark 85

    Just because they find ice, doesn't mean it's water. If they do locate I'd hope there would be some serious analyzing of it before getting everyone's hopes up. Hopefully the days of "canals on Mars" and the like are behind us.

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    1. Dave Rickmers
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      Hopes?

      What is the desired outcome that stirs your optimism? The Moon can't save you now.

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  4. Kibble 2
    Meh

    Lets just go look

    That is all.

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  5. ravenviz Silver badge
    Boffin

    moganite, a grey-coloured oxide mineral with the chemical formula SiO2 (silicon dioxide)

    Isn't that just quartz?

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