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 ...

The moon NASA is seeking to visit is not the same ... NASA is also looking to build solar farms, using arrays that point vertically and catch the angle of the sun over the horizon.

The innovative 50m-tall structure, designed by British firm Foster + Partners, will feature vast solar panels. The energy collected will be used to power lunar infrastructure at the Moon's South Pole.

Recently NASA announced earlier this month that the 12 kW Advanced Electric Propulsion System (AEPS) — which is scheduled to form an integral part of the Lunar Gateway when it is launched ...

The breakthrough comes from researchers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, who set out to replicate the harsh lunar ...

Then, they used a tiny particle accelerator to bombard the dust with mock solar wind for several days—the equivalent of 80,000 years on the moon, based on the high dose of the particles used.

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 ...

By simulating space conditions and bombarding lunar soil with solar wind, scientists observed the formation of water and hydroxyl molecules. This discovery reinforces the theory that solar wind is ...