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They found water contents ranging from 615 to 1,410 parts per million. Those levels are about 100 times higher than previous studies of lunar magma had suggested, and they're comparable to the concentrations found in the Earth's upper mantle.

The melt inclusions also harbored Earth-like levels of chlorine, fluorine and sulfur.

"We were really, really surprised," Hauri said.

The researchers reported their results today (May 26) in the journal Science.

Now, new research has found that the moon's insides are likely as wet as the Earth's upper mantle, the region just below its miles-thick surface crust.

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