"Models to date that estimate the distribution of surface and subsurface water on Mars assume that its regolith properties are uniform. This contrasts with observations made by orbiters and ...

THERE are lots of ideas on how humans can terraform Mars, and turn the dusty, radioactive Red Planet into something habitable ...

Dr Czechowski is convinced that the Oort Cloud, which lies deep beyond Neptune, holds billions of icy asteroids that can be ...

The Medusae Fossae Formation of Mars has ice deposits over 2 miles deep, potentially providing vital water resources for ...

A British team has won first place in the Aqualunar Challenge for developing a system that purifies water extracted from ...

Meanwhile, the abundant amounts of silica on Mars are more than enough to cause silicosis, an incurable respiratory disease previously common among stoneworkers. Additional regolith particles ...

Moon dust is quickly becoming a magic material, from which oxygen and other elements such as titanium can be extracted, that ...

The prototype of the 'lunar regolith processing' system created by inventor Lolan Naicker was built using a barbecue wood ...

An illustration of Mars as a dry and arid world. But it wasn't always this way. Where did the red Planet's water go?. | Credit: NASA/Robert Lea (created with Canva) Scientists are confident Mars ...

Astronauts could extract potable water from lunar regolith with the SonoChem System that has won the Aqualunar Challenge ...

Scientists discovered ice present near its poles, and more recently we’ve learned that liquid water does indeed exist within the lunar surface material, called regolith. Now, the LRO has ...