With its “bombing” of the moon NASA’s LCROSS mission may beat a telltale signature of water out of a shadowy crater and all you may need to see it is a good backyard telescope.

Some space policy experts say that makes the moon attractive for exploration again. Having an abundance of water would make it easier to set up a base camp for astronauts, supplying drinking water and a key ingredient for rocket fuel.
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The rate of loss of the rainforest know as the world’s ‘lungs’ has been reduced to its lowest in 21 years: Brazil govt.

BRASILIA: Brazil experienced the smallest loss of its extensive Amazon rainforest over the past year in more than two decades, the government said, attributing the change to its tougher environmental policies.
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