The Earth’s natural satellite, Moon has much more water than it was believed by the scientists and could challenge some of the theories about its creation.

A team of scientists measured seven samples of magma trapped as “melt inclusions” and found that the water content of the lunar magma was 100 times higher than earlier believed.

The Carnegie Institution’s Erik Hauri, the study’s lead author pointed out that lesser water and volatile compounds on the moon when compared to Earth and other inner planets of the solar system was seen as a evidence that moon formed during a giant impact, which created giant magma.

“If our samples are representative of the entire moon, this is basically the best way to calculate how much water’s on the moon,” Hauri said. “And what are the chances that the first seven samples look like Earth?”

The new study suggests that the impact from a large body that formed the moon was either much hotter or much cooler than previously thought. If it is taken that the impact was cooler, then some water was locked inside the surface of the moon. Hauri pointed that the amount of water present on the moon could indicate its capacity to support life.