It is not practical, however, to think you can plant corn or wheat in plain lunar soil in greenhouses on the moon and expect a bumper crop - or any crop at all. But scientists are taking steps ...

Microbes have helped make Earth more habitable over the eons, and they could do the same on a smaller scale for the moon. Microbes could help unlock vital nutrients in lunar soil to one day help ...

The reserve is located within a two-mile radius of the plant. According to Aiello, his lab saw hundreds-fold rise in the concentration of three heavy metals in the top layer of the soil. “ ...