In a breakthrough that could reshape future lunar exploration, NASA researchers have confirmed that the solar wind—a stream ...

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

Scientists have been trying to understand the existence of water on the Moon for decades. Now, a team led by NASA thinks they ...

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

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

Chinese scientists have discovered that the Moon's mantle contains less water on the lunar farside than on the nearside, ...

A British team has won first place in the Aqualunar Challenge for developing a system that purifies water extracted from ...

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

Soil and rocks returned from the moon's far side suggest it may be drier than the side constantly facing Earth.

NASA's lunar experiment shows solar wind may generate water molecules on the Moon’s surface, hinting at new possibilities for ...

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