{"id":2155,"date":"2017-08-30T19:16:45","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T19:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxygenworldwide.wordpress.com\/?p=2155"},"modified":"2017-08-30T19:16:45","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T19:16:45","slug":"oxygen-found-on-the-moon-could-provide-answers-about-ancient-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oxygenworldwide.com\/fr\/oxygen-found-on-the-moon-could-provide-answers-about-ancient-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"Oxygen Found on the Moon Could Provide Answers About Ancient Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tA Japanese spacecraft has discovered oxygen from Earth on the Moon. Scientists believe they may be able to find additional oxygen samples from billions of years ago, which could answer questions related to our planet’s ancient atmosphere.
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\nWhile researchers have known for years that oxygen can be found on the Moon<\/a>, a Japanese spacecraft has detected lunar samples<\/a>\u00a0of the element\u00a0with a very interesting origin: Earth.
\nNot only does the team believe the discovery\u00a0could shed light on our planet\u2019s creation billions of years ago, including the state of its early atmosphere, they\u00a0also have a theory on\u00a0how Earth\u2019s oxygen made it to the Moon.\u00a0The researchers believe oxygen ions slowly made their way from the Blue Planet to the Moon during this brief respite and became embedded in the Moon\u2019s loose top layer of soil and rock.<\/p>\n

Our Future with the Moon<\/h2>\n

Geologic activity on Earth has erased evidence of our ancient atmosphere.\u00a0However, 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\u2019s atmosphere has changed over time\u00a0and how much of an influence these changes had on the evolution of various forms of life.
\nIn addition to helping us understand the Earth\u2019s 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\u00a0the most likely colonization destination based on the number of plans in the works: Japan aims to put another astronaut on the Moon by 2030, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos believes it\u2019s time for us to permanently settle there<\/a>, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has its own plans for a Moon colony.<\/p>\n

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\nWe\u00a0won\u2019t know for several years whether or not the Moon becomes our first off-world home, but regardless of humanity\u2019s colonization plans, the undeniable truth is that we\u2019re not done learning about our natural satellite just yet.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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References: Scientific American<\/a>, Nature Astronomy<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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