How will astronauts grow food during long-term missions to the Moon? This is what a recent study published in Scientific Reports hopes to address as a team of scientists investigated the prospect of ...

For the first time, scientists have grown chickpeas all the way to seed production in simulated lunar soil. That achievement represents a real step toward one of the hardest unsolved problems in space ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image by Sergey Nivens, Shutterstock As the prospect of going back into space and exploring the vastness of the universe becomes ...

The root of a chickpea plant grows in a lunar soil simulant mixture inside a climate-controlled growth chamber at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, U.S., in this handout image. Jessica ...

Scientists exploring extraterrestrial farming have successfully cultivated chickpeas in soil largely made from simulated lunar regolith, marking progress toward allowing astronauts on long-duration ...

How can lunar regolith be used to construct future habitats on the Moon? This is what a recent study published in Acta Astronautica hopes to address as a team of scientists investigated novel methods ...

Dining on the moon or Mars might seem like a fantasy reserved for science fiction, but researchers are investigating how it could become a reality. Their efforts to recycle plant and human waste into ...

(Nanowerk News) Simulated lunar dirt can be turned into extremely durable structures, potentially paving the way to more sustainable and cost-effective space missions, a new study suggests. Using a ...

Lunar regolith could be a viable option for radiation shielding, reducing exposure risks for astronauts during long-duration ...

Symbiotic mixtures of fungi and compost could transform sterile lunar regolith into a soil suitable for growing crops on the moon. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...