Secrets, the Moon had been holding for probably billions of years, were gradually disclosed by NASA on November 13.

Preliminary data by Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) proves that “the mission successfully uncovered water during the Oct. 9, 2009 impacts into the permanently shadowed region of Cabeus cater near the moon’s south pole,” NASA e-source informs.

According to it, “the LCROSS findings are shedding new light on the question of water, which could be more widespread and in greater quantity than previously suspected. Permanently shadowed regions could hold a key to the history and evolution of the solar system, much as an ice core sample taken on Earth reveals ancient data. In addition, water, and other compounds represent potential resources that could sustain future lunar exploration.”