Glass beads found all over the moon are found to host water. Could they be elsewhere too?
Glass beads created by the cooling of melting material ejected by impacts and found all over the Moon could hold significant amounts of water, according to a study published inThese results from sample analysis from China's Chang'e-5 mission indicate that lunar soils contain more solar wind-derived water than previously believed. Even better, the scientists contend that their research could lead to a potential source of easy-to-extract water for future lunar exploration.
Still, prior investigations into the water content - of lunar soils' small mineral grains, agglutinates created by impacts,, and pyroclastic glass beads - have been unable to explain this lunar surface water cycle. Additionally, water distribution within individual beads suggests that water can quickly build up in glass beads through diffusion over a few years and then be rapidly released.The researchers estimated that the amount of water glass beads contributes to lunar soils varies from 3.0 × 1011 kilograms to 2.7 × 1014 kilograms.
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