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 ...

A team of researchers has unveiled a creative solution to one of space exploration’s biggest hurdles—how to generate power on ...

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

Moon megawatts and cosmic miso: Scientists build solar panels from moon glass and ferment miso paste in space.

Languages: English. Troublesome lunar dust could soon be transformed into solar cells to help power moon bases and humanity's push to explore further out into space. This is the promise of an ...

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

When solar wind hits lunar soil, it starts reactions. Protons in the wind meet electrons in Moon dust. This makes hydrogen ...

A team from Potsdam and Berlin has developed a solar cell that is made almost entirely from moon dust, the regolith. The idea of the team led by Felix Lang from the University of Potsdam and ...