"Scientists have revealed that they've discovered traces of molecular water on   
   the    
   sunlit surface of the moon. The discovery could forever change our   
   relationship    
   with our closest cosmic neighbor. “This is exciting because the expectation   
   is    
   that any water present on the sunlit surface of the moon might not survive the    
   lunar day,” Paul Hertz, the Astrophysics division director at NASA   
   Headquarters,    
   said in a press conference Monday."   
      
   "Honniball and her colleagues used NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for   
   Infrared    
   Astronomy (SOFIA) airborne telescope to make the observations. The flying    
   laboratory, a modified Boeing 747P, is equipped with a 2.7-meter (106-inch)    
   reflecting telescope that surveys the stars in infrared. Earth's atmosphere   
   has a    
   blurring effect on observations made by ground-based telescopes. By soaring to   
   an    
   altitude of up to 44,000 feet, SOFIA can cut through the blur to deliver   
   sharper    
   images of the cosmos."   
      
   See:   
      
   https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/moon-mars/a34480127/liqui   
   -water-on-sunlit-moon-surface-discovery/   
      
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