China’s Chang’e 5 lunar mission unearthed a new and surprising water source on the moon. According to a paper published in the journal Nature Geoscience, researchers discovered water embedded in glass ...

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

In a bold vision that could redefine space exploration, scientists and engineers are working on a way to transform frozenwater on the Moon into usable rocket fuel. Both the United States and China are ...

IMAGE: Artist’s illustration of China’s Chang’E 5 moon sample-return spacecraft. CREDIT: CNSA/NASA China is in the middle of an ambitious four-phase lunar exploration program, and the most recently ...

The water found on the moon, like that on Earth, came from small meteorites called carbonaceous chondrites in the first 100 million years or so after the solar system formed, researchers from Brown ...

It turns out the moon is a lot wetter than we ever thought. When Apollo astronauts returned from the moon 40 years ago, they brought back souvenirs in the form of moon rocks to be used for scientific ...

NASA announced Monday that two new studies show that there may be more water on the moon than previously thought. In a press conference, NASA said that two studies published in the journal Nature ...

A vital question is whether the moon's water ice be used without some level of appropriation When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. This ...