{"id":212393,"date":"2025-04-25T05:08:32","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T10:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/secrets-in-the-shadows-shadowcam-and-cosmic-rays-uncover-moons-hidden-ice"},"modified":"2025-04-25T05:08:32","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T10:08:32","slug":"secrets-in-the-shadows-shadowcam-and-cosmic-rays-uncover-moons-hidden-ice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/secrets-in-the-shadows-shadowcam-and-cosmic-rays-uncover-moons-hidden-ice","title":{"rendered":"Secrets in the Shadows: ShadowCam and Cosmic Rays Uncover Moon\u2019s Hidden Ice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/secrets-in-the-shadows-shadowcam-and-cosmic-rays-uncover-moons-hidden-ice.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Scientists are using cutting-edge techniques to track water ice on the Moon\u2014an essential resource for future space missions.<\/p>\n<p>A University of Hawai\u2018i team utilized ShadowCam to peer into the Moon\u2019s perpetually dark craters, refining estimates of surface ice. Another team introduced a cosmic ray-based method to detect deeply buried ice, a breakthrough in lunar exploration. Both approaches could revolutionize how we locate usable water beyond Earth, with Hawai\u2018i emerging as a key player in the growing space frontier.<\/p>\n<p>Unlocking lunar water: why ice on the moon matters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientists are using cutting-edge techniques to track water ice on the Moon\u2014an essential resource for future space missions. A University of Hawai\u2018i team utilized ShadowCam to peer into the Moon\u2019s perpetually dark craters, refining estimates of surface ice. Another team introduced a cosmic ray-based method to detect deeply buried ice, a breakthrough in lunar exploration. [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1522,1514],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-212393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-innovation","category-space-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212393\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}