{"id":6212,"date":"2014-01-25T23:01:29","date_gmt":"2014-01-25T23:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6212"},"modified":"2014-01-25T23:01:29","modified_gmt":"2014-01-25T23:01:29","slug":"moon-dust-may-not-be-as-dry-as-thought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6212","title":{"rendered":"Moon dust may not be as dry as thought"},"content":{"rendered":"

Speaking of the Moon, there are indications that there could be minute but non-zero amounts of water in lunar dust created by solar wind protons smacking into mineral molecules and freeing oxygen, which would in turn combine with the protons (i.e. hydrogen) :\u00a0Space Dust Possible Source Of Water On Moon And Maybe Even Life On Other Planets – IBTimes.com<\/a>\u00a0–<\/p>\n

Researchers from the University of Hawaii, Manoa, the University of California, Berkeley, and California\u2019s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory used state-of-the-art electron microscopes to get a close-up look at particles of interplanetary space dust. What they found was that solar wind radiation had changed the outer rims on the silicate minerals in space dust to water, something scientists previously believed to be the case but weren\u2019t able to prove because of limited technology.<\/em><\/p>\n

Their\u00a0study<\/a>, published in the journal the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, concluded that the water found on interplanetary dust forms from the reaction of solar wind and oxygen in the silicate mineral grains. Solar wind, which bombards the particles with ionized hydrogen atoms, reorganized the atoms in the dust particles, leaving oxygen more available to react with hydrogen to create water. Researchers say the implications of finding water on the rims of space dust are huge.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Speaking of the Moon, there are indications that there could be minute but non-zero amounts of water in lunar dust created by solar wind protons smacking into mineral molecules and freeing oxygen, which would in turn combine with the protons (i.e. hydrogen) :\u00a0Space Dust Possible Source Of Water On Moon And Maybe Even Life On … Continue reading Moon dust may not be as dry as thought<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,13,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-living-in-space","category-space-science","category-the-moon"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-1Cc","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17886,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17886","url_meta":{"origin":6212,"position":0},"title":"Space science roundup – Feb.21.2019","author":"TopSpacer","date":"February 21, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"A sampling of recent articles, videos, and images related to space related sciences: ** Mars weather reports - Daily Mars weather reports are now available from the Insight lander, which has activated its temperature and wind sensors - InSight Is the Newest Mars Weather Service | NASA This public tool\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Astronomy"","block_context":{"text":"Astronomy","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=12"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/pia22876-main1.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5651,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5651","url_meta":{"origin":6212,"position":1},"title":"Hubble telescope spots evidence of water vapor venting from Jupiter moon Europa","author":"TopSpacer","date":"December 12, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"An interesting finding for the Jupiter moon Europa\u00a0by the Hubble Telescope\u00a0: \u00a0Hubble discovers water vapour venting from Jupiter\u2019s moon Europa - ESA\/Hubble This artist's impression shows Jupiter and its moon Europa using actual Jupiter and Europa images in visible light. 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