We tend to think of the moon as little more than a barren rock, but it’s very, very dusty. However, this dust is a little different than the stuff that collects on our bookshelves. Every time an ...

Chinese scientists are studying rocks brought back from the moon for a glimpse into the vast resources that could be mined ...

Rather than go to all that trouble, researchers suggest getting dust directly from the Moon, which has a ready supply and a lower gravitational burden to overcome. They suggest two possible ways ...

This dust cloud is shown as it crosses the disk of the Sun, viewed from Earth. Streams like this one, including those launched from the Moon’s surface, can act as a temporary sunshade (Ben ...

Australia is no stranger to dust storms, though the Bureau of Meteorology said they are more common in spring because of the ...

On the moon, stirred-up dust is particularly dangerous ... Related: Massive Mars Dust Storm Won't Stop NASA's Next Lander The instrument could be mounted between a spacecraft's landing legs ...

Dust storms are some of the most eerie and foreboding meteorological phenomena on the planet. Massive walls of sand, dust and grit — often a mile or more high and as much as several hundred ...

New shielding technology from NASA that protects against damaging lunar dust just passed a trial run on the moon's surface, marking an important milestone in the agency's lunar aspirations.

Landing on the Moon is something humanity has done before and, hopefully, will do again with relative ease once the Artemis program really gets going. At least that’s how it looks from the ...

A small fraction of the very first sample of dust collected on the moon by the Apollo 11 crew just sold at auction, piquing the interest of astronomers and space lawyers alike. On the precipice of ...