Lunar Impact Glass Beads

Solar wind-derived water

Chang'e-6 farside samples reveal shallower solar wind-derived water storage than nearside, found only in mare glass beads.

He, Huicun · Hu, Sen · Li, Ruiying · Hao, Jialong · Mitchell, Ross Nelson · Lu, Kai · Wei, Yang · Cai, Shuhui · Chen, Yi · Jia, Lihui · Li, Qiuli · Hui, Hejiu · Lin, Yangting · Li, Xianhua · Wu, Fu yuan

Nature Communications 2025

Specifications

Water abundances
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Advantages

Farside hydration depths significantly shallower than nearside

Hydration profiles only in mare beads, none in non-mare