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By: Desk Explained | New Delhi | Updated: October 27, 2020 2:35:55 ​​pm NASA says the amount of water in the Sahara desert is 100 times what SOFIA has detected on the lunar soil. (Reuters photo: Lucy Nicholson, file) NASA has announced that its Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) …

The moon lacks the bodies of liquid water that are a hallmark of Earth, but scientists said Monday that lunar water is more widespread than previously known, with water molecules trapped within mineral grains on the surface. and more water perhaps hidden in patches of ice that reside in permanent …