A few years ago, China sent a spacecraft called Chang'e 5 to the Moon, and this spacecraft succeeded in collecting samples from the Moon. The spacecraft, which made a small hole on the lunar surface, collected about 1.7 kilograms of material from here. Research on the collected sample led to the conclusion that the Moon could be a gigantic water source. If the predictions are correct, there is 270 trillion kilograms of water on the Moon.

The investigations made it possible to understand that there is water in the glass bubbles covering the surface of the Moon. By examining these bubbles, which can only be seen with a microscope, with the help of a special device, scientists found that the bubbles were filled with water. Moreover, this water can also be used for drinking. There is more. According to the studies, if the right methods are used, the water on the Moon can also be used to produce rocket fuel and even air.

Studies to date have led to the conclusion that there are two sources of water on the Moon. One of them is volcanic activity on the Moon. The solar winds also helped form water on the Moon. Hydrogen atoms blown away by the winds in the depths of space came together with oxygen atoms on the Moon's surface to form water. The condensation of the minerals released by meteorites hitting the lunar surface and becoming glass bubbles also enabled this water to be stored. Experts state that the glass bubbles formed can become filled with water in just a few years.

"These findings show that glass bubbles on the Moon's surface and other airless bodies in the Solar System have the ability to store water derived from solar winds," said Hu Sen, co-author of the study. used the phrases. In other words, a similar situation may exist not only on the Moon, but also on other satellites and airless planets.

 

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