Usually when an alchemist shows up promising to turn rocks into gold, you should run the other way. Sure, rocket fuel isn’t ...

"We never fully imagined the 'magic' that the lunar soil possessed." Soil excavated from the moon could be used to produce oxygen and methane, which could be used by lunar settlers for breathing and ...

The same dirt that clings to astronauts' boots may one day keep their lights on. Researchers created solar cells made out of simulated Moon dust. The cells convert sunlight into energy efficiently, ...

Lunar dust collected by Apollo 17 astronauts in the 1970s has revealed that the moon is 40 million years older than previously believed. After landing on the moon on December 11, 1972, NASA astronauts ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Scientists may have made one giant leap toward a self-sustaining moon base with the reported discovery of a way to turn moon dust into water, oxygen, and rocket fuel. "We never ...

Soil excavated from the moon could be used to produce oxygen and methane, which could be used by lunar settlers for breathing and for rocket fuel. This is the conclusion of a team of scientists from ...