Science finds out Oxygen on Moon

Tokyo, March 26: Have you ever heard that oxygen is present on Moon? Someone will tell that the question is not valid how can oxygen be there on the moon? But this is true scientists have found out life supporting gas on Moon.

The discovery was made by the SELENE (Kaguya) spacecraft, and a team led by planetary scientist Kentaro Terada of Osaka University in Japan. Not only does the team believe the discovery could shed light on our planet’s creation billions of years ago, including the state of its early atmosphere, they also have a theory on how Earth’s oxygen made it to the Moon.

Geologic activity on Earth has erased evidence of our ancient atmosphere. However, these oxygen ions on the Moon could remain embedded for billions of years. Therefore, collecting samples of this displaced oxygen could help researchers understand how Earth’s atmosphere has changed over time and how much of an influence these changes had on the evolution of various forms of life.

In addition to helping us understand the Earth’s past, such research could also help us in efforts to colonize space. We do need oxygen to breath, after all, and the Moon seems to be the most likely colonization destination based on the number of plans in the works: Japan aims to put another astronaut on the Moon by 2030.

Days are not far that we might make moon as our second world home.