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 ...

A breakthrough in lunar resource extraction has been made by a team of scientists from China, who have developed a method to extract water and oxygen from moon dust, using nothing but sunlight. This ...

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

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

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

Soil excavated from the moon could be used to produce oxygen and methane, which could be used by lunar settlers for breathing ...

How will future missions to the Moon help extract valuable resources that can be used for scientific research or lunar settlement infrastructure? This is what a recent study being presented this week ...

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 ...

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 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.

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