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  Evidence of Water in Lunar Rocks: Water on Moon May Be Widespread, Similar to Earth's

  July 21, 2010 — That dry, dusty moon overhead? Seems it isn't quite as dry as it's long been thought to be. Although you won't find oceans, lakes, or even a shallow puddle on its surface, a team of geologists has ... > full story
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  Man in the Moon Has 'Graphite Whiskers'

  July 1, 2010 — In a new analysis of a lunar sample collected by Apollo 17, researchers have detected and dated carbon on the moon in the form of graphite -- the sooty stuff of pencil lead -- which survived from ... > full story
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  Moon's Interior Has Much Higher Water Content Than Previously Believed

  June 14, 2010 — Scientists have discovered a much higher water content in the moon's interior than previous studies. Their research suggests that the water was preserved from the hot magma that was present when the ... > full story
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  Physicists Locate Long Lost Soviet Reflector on Moon

  April 26, 2010 — A team of physicists has pinpointed the location of a long lost light reflector left on the lunar surface by the Soviet Union nearly 40 years ago that many scientists had unsuccessfully searched for ... > full story
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  Lunar Polar Craters May Be Electrified, NASA Calculations Show

  April 16, 2010 — As the solar wind flows over natural obstructions on the moon, it may charge polar lunar craters to hundreds of volts, according to new calculations by NASA's Lunar Science Institute ... > full story
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  Lost Light from the Moon May Be Sent Astray by Dusty Reflectors

  April 14, 2010 — Light bounced off reflectors on the Moon is fainter than expected and mysteriously dims even more whenever the moon is full. Astronomers think dust is a likely ... > full story
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  CHOMIK Will Sink Its Teeth Into Surface of Enigmatic Martian Moon Phobos

  April 8, 2010 — The Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw has started work on developing a geological penetrator called CHOMIK (the Polish word for hamster), intended for the Russian ... > full story
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  New Lunar Images and Data Available to the Public

  March 16, 2010 — The general public can now follow along with NASA on its journey of lunar discovery. On March 15, the publicly accessible Planetary Data System released data sets from the seven instruments on board ... > full story
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  Russian Lunar Rover Found: 37-Year-Old Space Mystery Solved

  March 16, 2010 — A Canadian researcher has helped solve a 37-year-old space mystery using lunar images released by NASA and maps from an atlas of the ... > full story
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  Biggest, Deepest Crater Exposes Hidden, Ancient Moon

  March 4, 2010 — Shortly after the Moon formed, an asteroid smacked into its southern hemisphere and gouged out a truly enormous crater, the South Pole-Aitken basin, almost 1,500 miles across and more than five miles ... > full story

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