Ice on the surface of the Moon, known so far to be dry and airless, is likely protected by ancient magnetic fields, according to a new study.Sunlight does not reach the polar craters on the Moon because of the Moon s small tilt to the Sun, 1.5 .
In a research presented recently at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in Houston, they revealed that magnetic anomalies - remnants from the Moon s ancient past - may be protecting some of these craters.
New York, April 11 (IANS) Ice on the surface of the Moon, known so far to be dry and airless, is likely protected by ancient magnetic fields, according to a