Regolith
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NASA scientists observe water molecules hopping about on the surface of the moon
Tech2 News Staff •The LRO observed a layer of lunar surface water that was mere molecules thick, from orbit.
Mystery of swirls on Moon may finally have an answer — they're formed by solar wind
Tech2 News Staff •Swirls on the moon seem to be a kind of sunburn from how solar wind & the crust magnetic field interact.
Moon's surface acts like a 'chemical factory' that can produce water: NASA
•Silica in space — whether on the Moon or as space dust — can be used to synthesize water: Researcher.
Colonising the moon: A story of dust, bricks and a printer to build a lunar village
Kavyan •Pink Floyd famously sang of not wanting to be a brick in the wall. Could that change soon?
Solar storms can vaporise soil in regions on the moon never reached by sunlight: Nasa study
Tech2 News Staff •The dielectric breakdowns can pulverise the regolith, vaporising or melting the rock and sand, and even causing the material to blow up.