THE possibility that water has existed on the Moon for varying lengths of time, both in liquid arid in solid form, and both beneath the surface and on the surface, has been widely discussed during ...

Made from faux Martian and lunar soil, a new sulfur-based compound could also lead to faster construction on Earth.

The long-held notion of a bone-dry Moon was challenged in 2008, with the detection of water in some of the Apollo samples. Since then, lunar scientists have sought to understand how much water is ...

Scientists estimate that temperatures in permanently shadowed craters at the Moon's poles do not rise above -157C (-250F). This would create an environment where deposits of water-ice could remain ...

Having dropped tantalising hints days ago about an "exciting new discovery about the Moon", the US space agency has revealed conclusive evidence of water on our only natural satellite. This ...

The existence of water there is central to the ambitious goal behind NASA’s Artemis program: to create a permanent human presence on the moon. By Christian Davenport Jan. 9 at 6:35 a.m. In 2010 ...

NASA is partnering with SpaceX, Blue Origin and others to search for water on the moon. Water is the foundation for rocket propellant, which could supply refueling stations in the cosmos and make ...

"Water-sniffing" scientific equipment that could determine future astronaut missions to the Moon has launched in a US spacecraft. The instrument, part developed by RAL Space in Harwell ...

The craters on the Moon's South Pole may contain more than just water. NASA scientists have found that incoming meteors and solar winds could create reactions that normally occur at much warmer ...