If astronauts plan to spend more than a few days on the moon, they'll need to find some local resources. One of the most important of those resources is water. Scientists are pretty sure there is ...

Two space agencies say we need filter systems for drinking moon water, and they need the public's help with the AquaLunar challenge. Water appears to be abundant near the moon's south pole ...

Water on the Moon has long captured the attention of scientists, not just for its significance in future lunar exploration but for the big question it raises: where does it come from? A ...

Thankfully, there’s already some water on the moon—and astronomers just got a better look at where it is exactly. New observations from the SOFIA airborne observatory (which completed its ...

Trillions of pounds of water may be strewn across the moon, trapped in tiny glass beads that could have formed when asteroids struck the lunar surface, according to a new study. The findings ...

If astronauts plan to spend more than a few days on the moon, they'll need to find some local resources. One of the most important of those resources is water. Scientists are pretty sure there is ...

Urey suggests that lunar water had a terrestrial origin. If the moon was torn from the earth, he says, it would have carried off substantial amounts of water. Or if, as Urey believes, the moon was ...

Despite all appearances, the moon is a world with water. Strewn throughout the soil, water molecules are scattered all around the moon’s surface. Where they originated has long stumped scientists, but ...

The far side of the moon has a drier mantle than researchers previously believed, giving scientists more insight into its water content and the way that the moon has evolved. “Water abundance is ...