By Jonathan Amos
Science reporter, BBC News
**A surprising amount of water has been found to exist in the Moon’s soil.**Data from three spacecraft, including India’s Chandrayaan probe, shows that very fine films of H20 coat the particles that make up the lunar dirt.
The quantity is tiny but could become a useful resource for astronauts wishing to live on the Moon, scientists say.
“If you had a cubic metre of lunar soil, you could squeeze it and get out a litre of water,” explained US researcher Larry Taylor.