The Moon might be a bit of a dark horse when it comes to water. According to a new analysis of mineralogy maps, water and hydroxyl – another molecule made up of hydrogen and oxygen – can be ...

"With only lunar soil and a basic ingredient from the sun — which is always spitting out hydrogen — there's a possibility of ...

simulating what the Moon would experience over 80,000 years. Spectral analysis of the dust showed a dip in light absorption at 3 microns, a wavelength associated with water and hydroxyl.

Future astronauts traveling to the moon may have easier access to life-sustaining water and extractable ice ... and measured local temperatures over the course of a lunar day.