Based on experiments run on Earth, concentrated sunlight can act as a laser, melting the lunar soil into a material that could be used to create roads. Creating roads would unlock some additional ...

China plans to use lunar material to build its moon base. Chinese scientists are developing the capability to build a moon ...

Made from faux Martian and lunar soil, a new sulfur-based compound could also lead to faster construction on Earth.

Chinese astronauts have landed four spacecrafts on the moon since 2013 and dust collected from these visits have helped ...

NASA’s Artemis program, aimed at establishing a permanent moon base, relies on understanding lunar soil to use it as a ...

The moon has some new stories to tell. Scientists have published the first detailed analyses of the historic cache of lunar ...

Volcanoes were erupting on the mysterious far side of the moon billions of years ago just like on the side that we can see, ...

After analyzing the sample brought by Chang'e-6, researchers found that the moon’s oldest and deepest crater on its far side ...

Chinese researchers consider shaping the lunar bricks into mortise and tenon joints to build an egg-shaped house on the moon.

Scientists were delighted that the lunar soil could sprout seeds (right), even if the growth was stunted Scientists have grown plants in lunar soil for the first time, an important step towards ...

China is seeking to push forward in its quest to build the first lunar base, launching an in-space experiment to test whether ...

China is seeking to push forward in its quest to build the first lunar base, launching an in-space experiment to test whether the base's bricks could be made from the Moon's own soil. A cargo ...