Aetherflux, a startup founded by a physicist with a background in financial services, announced it was developing a novel ...

From extracting water for fuel to building homes with lunar bricks, Moon dust has been central to space sustainability ...

A future Moon base is closer to reality than ever before. With missions like Artemis 3 planned for 2026 and a lunar outpost ...

Solar panels that are 99% Moon dust could be a low-cost solution to powering a future lunar base 1. To survive in the harsh ...

Scientists made solar cell panels from Moon dust to power future lunar cities more easily, safely, and cheaply.

3, 2025 — A solar wind event from 2017 that hit Jupiter and compressed its magnetosphere created a hot region spanning half Jupiter's ... Solar Cells Made of Moon Dust Could Power Future Space E ...

Called BigRef, the new solution is claimed to be the only rugged encapsulated reference solar cell with an area of 160×160mm² available on the market – a size that, according to the research ...

The scientists attributed the exceptional performance of the large-size 5J solar cell to the low number of mismatch dislocations in the material and the simplicity of the flexible device's ...

"The solar cells used in space now are amazing, reaching efficiencies of 30% to even 40%, but that efficiency comes with a price," says lead researcher Felix Lang of the University of Potsdam ...

Solar cells made of moon dust could power future space exploration, suggests a new study. The same dirt that clings to astronauts’ boots may one day keep their lights on, say scientists.