New Analysis Of Data Obtained From NASA Spacecraft Implies Presence Of Thick Ice On Mercury And Moon

Research Conducted At UCLA And Published In The Journal Nature Geoscience Compares Topographical Data Gathered By Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) And Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry And Ranging (Messenger) Finds Simple Crater Depths Decrease By 10% Proximate To North And South Pole On Mercury / South Pole On Moon; Lead Study Author Lior Rubanenko (L) Says That Existence Of Thick, Buried Ice Deposits Can Be Inferred, LRO Scientist Noah Petro (R) Suggests “Potential Reservoir Of Frozen Water On The Moon May Be Sufficiently Massive To Sustain Long-Term Lunar Exploration”

Credits: NASA, UCLA, JHU APL