From the Sea of Tranquillity to the Ocean of Storms, the dusty lunar environment has never seemed the easiest of places for future explorers to get a drink, despite the names of its best-known landmarks.
Now, 11 years after scientists first saw evidence of water at the lunar surface, two studies raised the possibility yesterday that it may be more widespread, and more plentiful, than thought. Indeed, they say they have found proof that it exists beyond the permanently shadowed polar regions.
“We had indications that H2O, the familiar water we know, might be present on the sunlit side of the moon,” announced Paul Hertz, director of the astrophysics division in Nasa’s science mission directorate, following new flights of discovery by the space
