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Moon May Have Once Had Water

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the also-i-may-once-have-had-whisky dept.

Smivs writes "US scientists have found evidence that water was held in the Moon's interior, challenging some elements of the theory of how Earth's satellite formed.The Moon is thought to have been created in a violent collision between Earth and another planet-sized object. Scientists thought the heat from this impact had vaporised all the water. But a new study in Nature magazine shows water was delivered to the lunar surface from the interior in volcanic eruptions three billion years ago. This suggests that water has been a part of the Moon since its early existence."

15 of 89 comments (clear)

  1. Moon River? by DrLudicrous · · Score: 5, Funny

    Moon River... wider than a mile... I'm crossing you in style some day.

    1. Re:Moon River? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      What, are you using your whole fist, doc?

  2. Old news by Werrismys · · Score: 5, Funny

    Tintin found glaciers on the moon decades ago. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explorers_on_the_Moon

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  3. English may once had grammar by Idaho · · Score: 3, Funny

    See subject (of my post and the article)

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  4. Re:US scientists you say? by Chrisq · · Score: 1, Funny

    Aren't they busy eating Big Macs, wiretapping citizens and invading sovereign contries?

    Only the well funded ones.

  5. I've cracked it by cupantae · · Score: 5, Funny

    "another planet-sized object"
    Perhaps Xenu's spacecraft was bigger than we imagined.

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    1. Re:I've cracked it by ross.w · · Score: 2, Funny

      The stretch version of the DC-8?

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  6. Re:Duh. by rugatero · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...but there ain't no whales.

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  7. heh. by apodyopsis · · Score: 2, Funny

    I can picture it now. A nice full Earth, a glorious tranquil sea.... oh wait.

  8. should be easy to resolve this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why doesn't somebody just ask Sen. McCain?

  9. Re:Duh. by Progman3K · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...but there ain't no whales.

    then how do you explain the song?

    We're whalers on the moon
    We carry a harpoon

    *sheesh, I used to go to school with that guy*

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  10. Water? by MikeDirnt69 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Water? WHO CARES!

    Does it ever had oil?

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  11. Re:Manifold Space by akzeac · · Score: 3, Funny

    Stephen Baxter wrote about tapping the water in the Moon in his novel Manifold Space. Apparently the notion of deep wells of water on the Moon has been seriously contemplated by astrophysicists since the early 70s.

    The way you speak of the 70s as if it was a long time ago makes me start to feel really old.

  12. Re:Manifold Space by smittyoneeach · · Score: 2, Funny

    You think you're old...
    Sure, they funded manned trips to the moon those decades ago.
    Think of the pyramids of Egypt. They were built thousands of years ago.
    You try funding a project of that scope today, with that kind of durability, and see how far you get.
    Kids these days...

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  13. Uhh, Yeah by gerstens · · Score: 2, Funny

    Where do you think the whales were hiding?