The Moon has always held a certain mystery, especially its far side, hidden from Earth’s view. While telescopes and astronauts have revealed much about its surface, recent research has uncovered something astonishing buried deep beneath it—a massive ...

A gray powder that looks like ash can become something closer to stone when hit with the right beam of light. Engineers have shown that simulated lunar soil can be melted and layered into solid shapes using a laser-based 3D printing technique, producing ...

Made from faux Martian and lunar soil, a new sulfur-based compound could also lead to faster construction on Earth. If NASA establishes a permanent presence on the moon, its astronauts’ homes could be made of a new 3D-printable, waterless concrete.

Researchers have uncovered more than a thousand previously unknown tectonic ridges across the Moon’s dark plains, showing the Moon is still contracting and reshaping itself. These features are among the youngest geological structures on the lunar surface.

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 printing method, researchers melted fake lunar soil – a ...

The proposed budget eliminates billions in research funding to chase a goal we abandoned in 1972, raising questions about whether returning astronauts to the lunar surface is worth the cost.