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Analysis of the first Apollo samples suggested that Earth's only satellite was bone dry. Spacecraft data and improved analysis techniques now indicate that the Moon is more volatile-rich and complex than previously thought.

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Figure 1: Water ice at the lunar north pole.

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  1. David J. Lawrence is in the Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, Maryland 20723, USA,

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Lawrence, D. Water on the Moon. Nature Geosci 4, 586–588 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1251

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