Moon

Test your Moon smarts with these 5 questions

by JoAnna Wendel
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True or false: There is water on the Moon.

A. True

B. False

C. It’s complicated

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A. True. Scientists recently discovered that the Moon holds thousands of penny-sized “cold traps,” permanently shadowed spots containing tiny patches of ice.

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