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How to Find Lunar Ice? Moonquakes to the Rescue!

Future missions on the Moon will need water for life support, manufacturing, and transportation. Scientists are working to find that water now, locked away in surface and subsurface deposits. Credit: NASA

The surface of the Moon is a bleak and forbidding place that might be hiding a lot of water ice on and under the dusty landscape. However, most possible ice deposits don’t just stand out in an image. You need specialized mapping to find traces of water ice. So, scientists have devised another way to find the Moon’s frosty hidden reserves. They use seismic waves from moonquakes as locator beacons.

Source: Universe Today

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