Solar cells could be made on the lunar surface by melting regolith to form "moonglass." Moon dust is quickly becoming a magic material, from which oxygen and other elements such as titanium can be ...

A city-owned concrete facility is producing dust and noise in the Columbia Waterfront District, and local leaders say something needs to be done. Earlier this year, the Department of Transportation ...

Researcher Jess Atkin used the simulated lunar regolith LHS-1, which mimics highlands on the moon, for her project. The regolith is made up of anorthosite, glass-rich basalt, Ilmenite, pyroxene and ...

Imagine printing your Martian home from dust, sunlight, and a bit of biology. A new synthetic lichen system uses fungi and bacteria to grow building materials directly from Martian soil, completely ...

The high winds that birth dust devils can also revitalize robots by cleaning their solar cells. Martian dust devils are fleeting, but the footprints they leave behind can endure for months. Now, ...

This is a human-written story voiced by AI. Got feedback? Take our survey. (See our AI policy here.) It’s the first planet seen forging a path in the gas and dust that birthed it, says astronomer ...

For years, scientists have been looking for signs of liquid water just beneath the surface of Mars. The problem, though, is that the observations from various orbiting probes have been maddeningly ...

Windy weather can kick up at a moment's notice — and if you're behind the wheel, you may have little time to react. Strong winds can jostle your vehicle and others on the road, topple power lines and ...