Simulated lunar dirt can be turned into extremely durable structures, potentially paving the way to more sustainable and cost-effective space missions, a new study suggests. Using a special laser 3D ...

How can lunar dust (officially called regolith) be used to build future habitats on the Moon? This is what a recent study published in Advanced Engineering Materials hopes to address as a pair of ...

This result highlights significant microscale heterogeneity in the distribution of npFe 0 in lunar regolith. Together, the two studies demonstrate that Chang'e-5 impact glass simultaneously records ...

Can a future base on the Moon being constructed using only lunar resources like lunar regolith? This is what a recent review paper published in Progress in Aerospace Sciences hopes to address as a ...

Nanophase iron and space weathering Building on this work, the PNAS study examined nanophase metallic iron (nanophase Fe 0, npFe 0) in the impact glass, which is a major product of lunar space ...

On the Moon, the lack of atmosphere and accompanying features such as biological activity, oxygen-rich air, flowing water and rain, wind, and most erosion allows the lunar regolith to preserve a ...