Due to its potential for in-situ resource utilization by future lunar exploration missions and other space missions, lunar surface water has attracted significant attention. Now, a research group led by Prof. Sen Hu from the Institute of Geology and Geophysics (IGG) of the Chinese Academy of Scie
Artist’s illustration of China’s Chang’e 5 lander on the Moon. Researchers have discovered that impact glass beads in Chang’e-5 lunar soils contain water. These glass beads are thought to represent a new water reservoir on the Moon, capturing the dynamic exchange of water derived from solar wind. This finding suggests that these beads play a role in the lunar surface water cycle as a buffer.
Detailed studies show that these glass beads are likely a new water reservoir on the Moon, recording the dynamic ingress and egress of solar wind-derived water and acting as a buffer for the lunar surface water cycle.A schematic diagram of the lunar surface water cycle associated with impact glass beads Credit: Prof. Sen Hu’s group
Doctoral student Huicun He, under the guidance of Prof. Sen Hu, proposed that impact glass beads, a ubiquitous component in lunar soils with an amorphous nature, were a potential candidate for investigation of the unidentified hydrated layer or reservoir in lunar soils.
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