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Study: The Moon’s Water Came From Earth’s Magnetic Field – Futurism

Our planet’s magnetic field seems to replenish water that’s evaporated away by harsh solar winds.

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Ever since they discovered that the Moon wasnt bone dry, scientists have been trying to figure out where all that lunar water came from.
Past guesses include bombardment by water-carrying asteroids or that solar winds blasted the Moon with ionized molecules that eventually formed water. But it turns out the moisture may have actually come from the Earths magnetosphere, according to research that was recently accepted for publication by the journal Astrophysical Journal Letters. The study…

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