{"id":152270,"date":"2020-10-28T16:52:27","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T15:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/?p=152270"},"modified":"2020-10-28T20:11:02","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T19:11:02","slug":"la-nasa-ha-descubierto-agua-en-la-luna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/en\/la-nasa-ha-descubierto-agua-en-la-luna\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA has discovered water on the Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the first time in history, NASA has discovered water on the sunlit surface of the moon. This is something the National Aeronautics and Space Administration<\/a> has long suspected, but never confirmed, until now.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Before this discovery, ice was only known to exist in certain permanently shaded areas. SOFIA, the aerial observatory that studies the universe in the infrared spectrum, is the one that has found water in Cr\u00e1ter Clavius<\/strong><\/a>. The amount discovered is equivalent to approximately 350 ml and is trapped within one cubic meter of soil. Although it is not a considerable amount of water, NASA maintains that the discovery raises many important questions despite its small amount.<\/p>\n

“We had indications that H2O might be present on the sunlit lunar surface”,<\/strong><\/em> said Paul Hertz, Director of NASA’s Astrophysics Division at the Science Mission Directorate in Washington. “Now we know it’s there. This discovery challenges our understanding of the moon and raises intriguing questions about resources relevant to deep space exploration.”<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n