Future lunar bases could be powered by solar cells made on-site from melted moon dust. Building items on the moon, using materials that are already there, would be more practical than shipping ...

Lang’s team developed a technique to create glass for the solar cells out of the Moon’s loose surface debris, called “lunar regolith.” Since glass for solar cells represents the heaviest, bulkiest ...

The moon may be older than some scientists thought, according to a new study. It suggests that rock samples from the Apollo missions date back to a melting event, not to the moon's formation.

The company also plans to manufacture solar cells by melting patches of the moon’s surface, forming a glassy substrate, and then coating it with aluminum, silicon, and aluminum again.

The moon may have melted 4.35 billion years ago—explaining a lunar age mystery. Skip to main content. ... Ancient Moon Melt Event May Explain 150-Million-Year Gap in Age Estimates.

Space We could make solar panels on the moon by melting lunar dust. Researchers used a synthetic version of moon dust to build working solar panels, which could eventually be created within ...