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How can there be ice on the Moon?

  • Written by Thomas Orlando, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology
imageThe Moon is about one-fourth the size of Earth. Jackal Pan/Moment via Getty Imagesimage

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