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Jun 12

Evidence Mounts for Ice in Huge Lunar Crater

Source: NASA Science News


Laser elevation map of Shackleton crater in false colors.
Image credit: NASA/Zuber, M.T. et al., Nature, 2012.

According to data from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, ice may make up as much as 22 percent of the surface material in Shackleton crater at the Moon's south pole.(read more)

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