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 ...

In a discovery that could rewrite what we know about where water comes from and the building blocks of life in the solar system, researchers have found rare meteorite pieces inside dust brought back ...

Future lunar bases could be powered by solar cells made on-site from melted moon dust. Building items on the moon, using materials that are already there, would be more practical than shipping them ...

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 international team of ...

Solar cells made of moon dust could power future space exploration, suggests a new study. The same dirt that clings to astronauts’ boots may one day keep their lights on, say scientists. German ...

Breathing in moon dust can still give you what one astronaut called "lunar hay fever." Moon dust may not be as harmful to humans as had been thought, with a new experiment showing that the typical air ...

"This milestone marks a significant step toward sustaining long-term lunar and interplanetary operations." New shielding technology from NASA that protects against damaging lunar dust just passed a ...