Water Found in Glass Beads on Moon's Surface: China's Fascinating Discovery.

Chinese researchers examining the lunar regolith brought back by the Chang'e-5 mission have discovered tiny glass beads containing water, potentially amounting to 71 trillion gallons of water spread out across the Moon. Future astronauts could access that water by heating the beads. The water is likely the result of solar winds depositing hydrogen atoms and reacting with local oxygen in the beads. The research leaves open the possibility that similar beads could be found in other parts of the solar system as well.