The Moon has been described by Buzz Aldrin as “magnificent desolation” but scientists have shown that there is a lot more on its surface than meets the eye.
In that region, there are craters that never see the light of the Sun, keeping the temperature so low that water and carbon dioxide remain solid.
It’s part of ‘living off the land,’ or in-situ resource utilization,” lead author Norbert Schorghofer, from the Planetary Science Institute, said in a statement.
The traps mean that in those permanently shadowed craters, carbon dioxide in solid form can exist.