Scientists warn water on the moon is locked in frozen soil, not exposed to air and held in place only by cold and vacuum.

A new study suggests lunar soil contains elements that solar wind transported to the moon from Earth’s atmosphere, solving a ...

Lunar soil could help sustain a human colony on the Moon, a new study suggests. Scientists have developed a technology that they say may help people survive on Earth's only natural satellite. Chinese ...

Research shows that lunar soil could be transformed into conductive materials for electronics manufactured on the moon.

Scientists say Earth’s magnetic field may have funneled atmospheric particles to the moon for billions of years. Lunar soil could preserve a record of Earth’s past while providing resources for future ...

Scientists at Nasa have figured out how to extract oxygen from lunar soil in a major boost for the US space agency’s plans to build human bases on the Moon. A team from Nasa’s Johnson Space Center in ...

Using lunar ice to make rocket fuel could help future lunar settlements sustain themselves and provide a launch pad for astronauts to reach Mars.

Scientists have developed a technology that may help humans survive on the Moon. In a study publishing July 16 in the Cell Press journal Joule, researchers extracted water from lunar soil and used it ...

Tiny iron oxide grains found in lunar soil samples brought by the Chinese Chang’e-6 mission upend what was known about the Moon’s surface and magnetic properties, scientists revealed in a new study.