When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Data from NASA's STEREO mission, showing the solar wind in action. Scientists reduced the ...

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

Water will be a critical ingredient needed for humans have to prolonged stays on the surface of the moon, and water is quite heavy, which means transporting it will prove by expensive and inefficient.

NASA and the space industry are in agreement: If we want to establish a permanent human presence on the moon, we’ll need to make use of every native resource we can — and none are as important as ...

What just happened? For decades, scientists have puzzled over the origin of water on the Moon, a resource that could prove vital for future lunar exploration. Since the 1960s, a leading hypothesis has ...

If astronauts plan to spend more than a few days on the moon, they'll need to find some local resources. One of the most important of those resources is water. Scientists are pretty sure there is ...

Lunar Trailblazer, an orbiter that shared a launch on Wednesday with the commercial Athena lander, will help scientists understand where the moon’s water is, and what form it takes. By Kenneth Chang ...