Announcing a latest 'exciting discovery' regarding Moon, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has mentioned that its mission, SOFIA, has confirmed the presence of water molecules in Clavius Crater, one of the biggest craters visible from Earth on the lunar surface. This crater was located within the Moon's southern hemisphere. Moreover, this discovery would indicate that 'water could be distributed across the surface and not restricted to cold, shadowed places.'

HIGHLIGHTS
Water molecules were found in Clavius Crater, visible from Earth on the Moon
SOFIA was a joint project of NASA and the German Aerospace Center
Sahara has 100 times amount of water than what SOFIA detected in the lunar soil

As per NASA, 'for the first time NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy [SOFIA] has confirmed that water on the sunlit surface of the Moon. This discovery had indicated that water could also be distributed across the lunar surface and not restricted to cold, shadowed places.'

In one amongst its tweets, NASA has mentioned that: 'Water molecules were found in Clavius Crater, one of the biggest craters visible from Earth on the Moon!'

SOFIA, short for Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy was a joint project of NASA and the German Aerospace Center to take care and construct an airborne observatory.

Therefore NASA has mentioned that the Sahara has 100 times the amount of water than what SOFIA had detected within the lunar soil.

Well, NASA has even mentioned that 'Data from this location would reveal water in concentrations of 100 to 412 components per million that was roughly comparable to a 12-ounce bottle of water which was cornered in a cubic meter of soil spread across the lunar surface.'

Water has been a key ingredient of life but whether or not this water had been detected by SOFIA, has to be used as a resource was however yet to be determined. However, the discovery challenges the understanding of the lunar surface.

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