The study was published in the Nature Geoscience magazine (Image: GETTY)
The investigation found meteorites only need to penetrate a matter of inches to release water. This water could potentially be reached by human explorers or colonisers. The study was published in the Nature Geoscience magazine.
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Scientists used data from the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer, which is orbiting the Moon, for the study.
NASA were assisted by specialists from John Hopkins University and the University of Maryland-Baltimore Country.
The existence of water on the Moon was confirmed by previous lunar
