For decades, scientists have wondered how the moon can have water. It’s dry, airless, and lacks an atmosphere, so the ...

But studies are increasingly showing that the Moon has plenty of water tucked away ... gradually destroyed by radiation from solar wind over a timeframe of millions of years.

Some water also may be locked inside broken rock and dust on the lunar surface. Lunar Trailblazer is scheduled to perform a series of moon flybys and looping orbits over a span of several months ...