Scientists have hypothesized since the 1960s that the sun is a source of ingredients that form water on the moon. When a ...

In a breakthrough that could reshape future lunar exploration, NASA researchers have confirmed that the solar wind—a stream of charged particles from the Sun—can create water molecules on the Moon’s ...

DARPA is seeking proposals for a small lunar orbiter that could be used to test operations in very low orbits while ...

Chinese researchers analyzed the first-ever soil samples returned from the far side of the moon, but further samples will be ...

NASA-led research provides compelling evidence ... This discovery reinforces the theory that solar wind is a primary source of water on the Moon, potentially impacting future lunar missions ...

NASA’s Artemis program, targeting the Moon’s South Pole — home to suspected ice deposits — might also benefit from this newly ...

NASA simulated 80,000 years of solar wind in one week to prove the Moon creates water from sunlight and dust—unlocking a game ...

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

NASA is offering $3 million to anyone who can invent a way to “recycle” dozens of bags of poop astronauts left on the moon more than ... their load — into water, energy, and fertilizer ...

The biggest question mark is the fate of NASA's Artemis moon program, its giant Space Launch ... future astronauts may be able to process it into water, air and even rocket fuel, vastly lowering ...