Moon's interior 'as wet as Earth'
http://au.news.yahoo.com/tech-news/a/-/technology/9535411/moon-as-w...
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.
More from Space.com
Inforgraphic: Inside Earth's Moon
Top 10 coolest moon discoveries
This discovery, made by studying pieces of lunar magma hurled to the surface by ancient volcanic eruptions, comes as a big surprise.
Comment
-
Comment by Curtis on May 28, 2011 at 7:17pm
-
More proof "WE' have never been to the moon
"Destroying the New World Order"
THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE SITE!
Latest Activity
- Top News
- Everything
"The Misappropriation of Funding is FRAUD pure and simple. https://generalcarlosq17.substack.com/p/the-misappropriation-of-funding-is"
Note to Self About Ex's
A detailed list of how men should be treated by a woman not taken for granted or abused.
"Research Government Spending here.
Where are Your Tax Dollars going?
Who is getting Them?
https://datarepublican.com/"
"tj Davis, thank you for your support! "
"cheeki kea You might recall the book "Brighter Than A Thousand Suns" written by a…"
"Less Prone thank you so much for your support! "
General Dynamics Was Contracted By Pentagon To Run An Anti-Vaccine Psyop? Deep insight from a reader comment...
A top notch comment from a Substack post. I nominate this individual as as commenter of the year…See More
The Alienadox – by Kaiya
In response to President Trumps decision to deport all illegal aliens, the aliens all bleach their…See More
© 2025 Created by truth.
Powered by
You need to be a member of 12160 Social Network to add comments!
Join 12160 Social Network