But studies are increasingly showing that the Moon has plenty of water tucked away ... gradually destroyed by radiation from solar wind over a timeframe of millions of years.

Some water also may be locked inside broken rock and dust on the lunar surface. Lunar Trailblazer is scheduled to perform a series of moon flybys and looping orbits over a span of several months ...

Lunar Trailblazer, an orbiter that shared a launch on Wednesday with the commercial Athena lander, will help scientists understand where the moon’s water is, and what form it takes. By Kenneth ...

IM-2 follows the successful IM-1 mission, which landed on the moon but tipped over. IM-2 seeks to discover water on the moon's south pole. The second American spacecraft headed toward a moon ...

That water could take several forms, including water within the moon, water brought by comets and asteroids over time and water developing on the surface caused by solar wind plasma. Scientists ...

Lunar Trailblazer targets to map ice and water on the moon According to the report, Lunar Trailblazer will execute a series of flybys and orbital flybys over the coming several months to acclimatize ...

Another source might be comets or meteorites, which may have delivered water to the moon over billions of years. The exact amount of lunar water remains uncertain, but NASA estimates it is ...