From Fox News - The moon is 'rusting' and scientists are stunned

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From Fox News - The moon is 'rusting' and scientists are stunned

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Re: From Fox News - The moon is 'rusting' and scientists are stunned

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Hi Eric. We always knew there was some form of iron or iron oxide deposits on the moon (be it hematite, taconite, or magnetite), but the only traces of water known may be frozen in some of the polar craters. This is a fascinating article Eric, so thanks for finding and posting this on here.
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Re: From Fox News - The moon is 'rusting' and scientists are stunned

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Here's an article from CNN:
"The Earth is making the moon rust"

https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/05/world/mo ... index.html

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