Moon's water may have come from Earth-bound meteorites
Thursday, May 9, 2013 - 21:30
in Astronomy & Space
The source of the moon's internal water may be meteorites that bombarded ancient Earth, not comets, as had been theorized, say researchers who studied lunar rocks from two Apollo missions.Scientists investigating the source of the moon's internal water have lifted telltale fingerprints from Apollo-era lunar rocks showing that the liquid may have originated from meteorites bombarding Earth.