A breakthrough in lunar resource extraction has been made by a team of scientists from China, who have developed a method to ...

which prohibits the appropriation of outer space—including the moon and other celestial bodies—also prohibits space mining. The prevailing position is that Article II solely bans the appropriation of ...

Chinese researchers say they have devised a new way to extract water from lunar soil and convert it into fuel. As detailed in ...

Scientists have developed a technology that may help humans survive on the moon. In a study published in the journal Joule, ...

Lunar dust is sharp and abrasive. Taming it will enable massive lunar bases, and could teach engineers how to build a better ...

This study comes as NASA plans to land the first humans on the lunar surface for the first time since Apollo 17 in 1972 with the Artemis Program with the goal of landing the first woman and person of ...

The moon is believed to hold sizable quantities of key resources that are scarce on Earth. A prime example is helium-3, often cited as a potential future clean energy source.

S. Somanath, chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization, announced in August 2023 that "India is on the moon." The ...

The moon is a key step in the journey of space exploration, but making it habitable brings up lots of questions around space law and policy ...

Scientists have developed a technology that may help humans survive on the Moon. In a study publishing July 16 in the Cell ...

The soil on the Moon could support life, scientists say. That is thanks to a breakthrough new technology that could allow ...

The prevailing position is that Article II solely bans the appropriation of territory, not the extraction of resources themselves. We are now at a crucial moment in the development of space law.