Humans are inching closer to living beyond Earth, but sustaining life on the moon or Mars requires a critical resource: water ...

The search for water on the Moon has captivated scientists for decades. Beyond its implications for understanding planetary ...

As humankind imagines living off-planet — on the moon, Mars and beyond — the question of how to sustain life revolves around the physical necessities of oxygen, food and water. We know there is water ...

Oxygen, for example, has eight protons. However, the number of neutrons in an atom can vary, leading to different forms of elements, called isotopes. The recently observed type of oxygen is one ...

Researchers have unveiled new findings that reshape our understanding of the Moon's formation and Earth's early hydration.

Morgan Nunn Martinez studied lunar rocks from the 1969 Apollo 9 mission to learn about the origin of moon water. They found ...

The researchers analyzed oxygen isotopes from 14 samples from the moon and carried out 191 measurements on minerals from Earth. Isotopes are varieties of the same element that differ only in the ...

A recent study by researchers from the University of Göttingen and the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research has ...

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