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Can Solar Wind Make Water on Moon? NASA Experiment Shows Maybe
April 16, 2025
WASHINGTON, April 16 -- NASA issued the following news release:

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Can Solar Wind Make Water on Moon? NASA Experiment Shows Maybe

Scientists have hypothesized since the 1960s that the Sun is a source of ingredients that form water on the Moon. When a stream of charged particles known as the solar wind smashes into the lunar surface, the idea goes, it triggers a chemical reaction that could make water molecules.

Now, in the most realistic l . . .

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