Live Science also explain how water – which is also required to make Iron rust – would be released on the moon from the frozen water that already exists on the surface.
They suggest: “the researchers propose that fast-moving dust particles that bombard the moon might free water molecules locked into the moon's surface layer, allowing the water to mix with the iron.“These dust particles might even be carrying water molecules themselves, and their impact might create heat that could increase the oxidation rate.”Mr Li went on to state: “This discovery will reshape our knowledge about the Moon's polar regions.
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