In their initial half-reaction, hydrogen atoms from the water end up split into electrons and protons — and scientists want to combine these into hydrogen atoms and molecules.

The moon lacks the oceans and lakes that are a hallmark of Earth, but scientists said on Monday lunar water is more widespread than previously known. Water molecules are trapped within mineral ...

But now, scientists have for the first time identified water molecules on two supposedly “dry” main-belt asteroids, 7 Iris and 20 Massalia, using data from a now-retired airborne telescope.

Water molecules have been detected on the surface of asteroids for the first time, proving that these remnants from the formation of our solar system aren’t just dried-up space rocks ...

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We thought we could use SOFIA to find this spectral signature on other bodies.” The water molecules were detected by SOFIA in one of the moon’s largest craters in its southern hemisphere.