A study, carried out by a team led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said that the glass beads are 'probably the dominant reservoir involved in the lunar surface water cycle.'
Scientists said Monday they have discovered water inside tiny beads of glass scattered across the Moon, suggesting that one day it could be extracted and used by the"explorers of tomorrow".
"But we didn't know where exactly it was coming from," said Anand, a co-author of a new study published in the journal Nature Geoscience. The beads are formed by tiny meteorites that bombard the surface of the Moon, which lacks the protection of an atmosphere. Investigating further, they determined that the hydrogen necessary to make up the water was coming from solar wind, which sweeps charged particles across the Solar System.The other ingredient for water, oxygen, makes up nearly half of the Moon, though it is trapped in rocks and minerals.
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