To be clear, we already knew there was water on the moon, but until this discovery, we'd only found it deep in shadowy, frozen crevices.The more water that is harvestable on the moon, the easier it will be for us to establish permanent bases and, eventually, colonies, so this is great news!Also, the science is rather interesting, mostly because we don't know *how* water is not being created but retained in these areas of the lunar surface. Also, SOFIA is a very cool telescope, and an example of scientists getting creative with the resources available to them.

“NASA’s SOFIA Discovers Water on Sunlit Surface of Moon”: https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-sofia-discovers-water-on-sunlit-surface-of-moon/

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