US EditionChinese Moon probe finds water in lunar soil samples
- Chinese scientists have discovered water molecules in lunar soil samples from the Chang'e-5 mission, marking a significant finding in lunar research.
- The discovery, published in Nature Astronomy, involves a newly identified mineral, ULM-1, that contains water molecules.
- This new evidence suggests that water can persist in sunlit lunar areas as hydrated salts, offering insights into lunar evolution and resource utilization.
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Chinese scientists find water in strange lunar crystal, challenging "dry Moon" theory
According to a study published in Nature Astronomy, a research team from the Chinese Academy of Sciences isolated over 1,000 mineral fragments from China's Chang'e-5 mission in 2020. Among them, a peculiar platelike crystal, dubbed "ULM-1," contained water molecules trapped inside its structure. In fact, water made up over 40...Read Entire Article
Chinese scientists find ‘lunar water’ in soil samples brought by Chang’e-5 from Moon for the first time
The Chang’e-5 mission’s findings, along with previous discoveries by Chandrayaan-1 and NASA’s SOFIA, contribute to a growing body of evidence that water is present on the Moon
Chinese lunar probe finds traces of water in samples of Moon's soil
Scientists have said that a Chinese lunar probe found traces of water in samples of the Moon's soil. The Chang'e-5 rover completed its mission in 2020, returning to Earth with rock and soil samples from the Moon. A group of scientists from Chinese universities wrote in the Nature Astronomy journal that the lunar samples "revealed the presence of trace water".
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