Moon dust is quickly becoming a magic material, from which oxygen and other elements such as titanium can be extracted, that ...

We tend to think of the moon as little more than a barren rock, but it’s very, very dusty. However, this dust is a little different than the stuff that collects on our bookshelves. Every time an ...

The shielding technology was tested in vacuum chambers, where it was used to remove lunar dust samples brought home by NASA's ...

From extracting water for fuel to building homes with lunar bricks, Moon dust has been central to space sustainability ...

Over 4.6 billion years ago, Earth took shape from a spinning cloud of dust and gas surrounding the young sun. Tiny particles ...

As Firefly Aerospace prepared to close out a two-week mission on the moon, its lander had one final gift to beam home: the ...

Scientists are developing solar panels from moon dust that could turn the Moon’s surface into an energy source for future ...

Scientists made solar cell panels from Moon dust to power future lunar cities more easily, safely, and cheaply.

Vision of future solar cell fabrication on the moon, utilizing raw regolith. Credit: Sercan Özen. Moon dust—the same stuff ...

The case for having a permanent base on the moon as a staging point for space exploration has been made many times over the years. Actually constructing a real lunar facility presents numerous ...

A moon dust based solar cell developed by German scientists may be the answer to powering a human lunar base with local ...