Chandrayaan-3 receives 2026 AIAA Goddard Astronautics AwardIndia's Chandrayaan-3 mission has earned the prestigious 2026 Goddard Astronautics Award from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Ast...
Japan plans giant 11,000-km solar ring around the Moon to send limitless energy to Earth; how futuristic project would workJapan's Shimizu Corporation proposes a colossal "Lunar Solar Ring" encircling the Moon to beam clean energy to Earth. This ambitious concep...
Curiosity finds molecules needed for ancient life on MarsNASA's Curiosity rover has discovered over 20 organic molecules, including proto-DNA-like structures, in Mars' Gale Crater. This groundbrea...
NASA Planning to Set First-Ever Fire on the Surface of the MoonNASA is planning a daring experiment to deliberately ignite the Moon's surface, a crucial step for future lunar bases. This "flammability s...
A billion-year secret: How Lunar ice could turn the Moon into a Space ‘gas station', provide fuel for Mars tripScientists have confirmed lunar polar ice has been accumulating for 1.5 billion years. This ancient ice, scattered across different regions...
Artemis II is a triumph, but NASA’s ‘most ambitious’ mission carrying possible evidences of life may never returnNASA's ambitious Mars Sample Return mission plans to bring Martian rocks and soil to Earth. This project seeks to understand if Mars was, i...
China’s new space tech could help Astronauts survive on the moon without resupply missionsResearchers in China have discovered a new way to make the Moon more livable. The team extracts water from lunar soil. They use it to conve...
China may use Moon's soil to make bricks for lunar baseChina is experimenting with lunar soil bricks to build a permanent base on the Moon by 2035. Prototype bricks, stronger than standard ones,...
What the Chinese discovered about the dark side of the moonChina's Chang'e-6 mission has successfully returned with lunar samples from the moon's far side, revealing distinct characteristics compare...
Moon's surface once an ocean of magma, Chandrayaan-3 data suggestsData from ISRO's Chandrayaan-3 mission supports the theory that the Moon was once covered in a magma ocean. Analysis of the lunar soil by t...
Not just sons of Tamil Nadu's soil but the soil itself contributed to Chandrayaan-3 missionThe soil from Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, has been supplied to ISRO since 2012 for testing the capability of the Chandrayaan missions. The soil i...
China wants to start using moon soil to build lunar bases as soon as this decadeMore than 100 Chinese scientists, researchers and space contractors recently met at a conference in the central Chinese city of Wuhan to di...
How does NASA prepare for Artemis by using this fictitious Moon dirt. Details hereLunar Regolith is an artificial soil that matches the moon's surface. NASA Artemis used this to practise landing on the moon's surface.
Could you grow plants on the moon? New study provides answersThis is not the first time that attempts have been made to grow plants in lunar regolith.
Scientists grow plants on Moon soilOne small pot of soil, one giant leap for man's knowledge of space agriculture. Scientists have for the first time grown plants in lunar so...
In one giant leap for Earth plants, seeds are grown in moon soilResearchers said on Thursday they planted seeds of a diminutive flowering weed called Arabidopsis thaliana in 12 small thimble-sized contai...
Chandrayaan-2 launch: All you need to know about India's new space missionThe brainchild of ISRO, the mission will attempt to explore the south polar region of the Moon, a region hitherto unexplored by any country.