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1. Scientists discover tiny glass beads from lunar water samples on the Moon in studies published by the Nature Geoscience journal.
   2023-03-28 05:27:04 (First version)
2. Scientists discover lunar water samples in tiny glass beads from the Moon in studies published by the "Nature Geoscience" journal.
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