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NASA found traces of water on a sunlit surface of the Moon for the first time.

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The discovery was made using SOFIA, the world's largest flying observatory.

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The water was detected in Clavius Crater,

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a large crater in the Moon's southern hemisphere visible from Earth.

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The water may be delivered by tiny meteorite impacts

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or formed by the interaction of energetic particles ejected from the sun.

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The finding furthers the case that water is not limited to the Moon's cold, shadowed regions...

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and may be distributed across the lunar surface.