Water on the Moon!

Phil Plait, the Bad Astronomer, has a wonderful writeup on the discovery of water on the moon! Take a look here!

What I loved about the post is that he went into detail about how it was found so that non-scientists can understand it. So many laypersons assume that because we don't have someone up there walking around with a sponge that it's impossible to find something like water on another body in space. They don't actually want to do any of the mental legwork to understand what's happening, but they're often quick to denounce it.

Well the post from Phil explains how it's found.

Science is a wonderful tool. Through empirical evidence we're finding more and more understanding of our universe and the wonders within it, from Gamma Ray Bursts that could fry life on the planet to the background radiation from the birth of our universe to the theory that we're actually comprised of tiny loops of energy.

Thanks Phil!