Moon dust, or regolith, isn't like the particles on Earth that collect on bookshelves or tabletops—it's abrasive and it ...

Biocrust, also called cryptobiotic soil, is a "community of tiny, dirt-dwelling organisms that form a distinct crust on the ...

Earth's orbit will capture a bus-sized asteroid later this month, giving us a second moon for about two months.

The aerospace company just completed a crucial test on Earth of technology to generate oxygen on the moon. Sierra Space is ...

Dubbed "araneiform terrain," the Mars surface formations span over a half-mile long and have hundreds of branches that ...

Earthen construction democratises sustainable architecture for local people in Senegal, writes <a href=" B Mboup ...

A heater was used to warm the simulant, causing the ice to crack and release gas plumes similar to those seen on Mars. The ...

IONE & MANN is pleased to present Of Dust and Breath, a solo exhibition by Nottingham-based artist Yelena Popova (b. 1978, ...

Dust from the shrinking Great Salt Lake contains toxic metals like lead and copper, potentially harming populations by ...

Understanding the relationship between plasticity of muddy soil and earth pressure can be crucial to maintaining tunnel stability and predicting ground behavior during earth pressure balance (EPB ...

Tests on Earth appear to confirm how the Red Planet’s spider-shaped geologic formations are carved by carbon dioxide.

A team of climate, health and atmospheric specialists in Spain and Japan has found abundant live fungi, bacteria and viruses ...