The Moon and Mars are not hospitable places for human explorers. The temperatures fluctuate between impossibly cold and boiling hot; there’s no breathable atmosphere, food or drinkable water; and ...

Three months after the first stirrings of what became an epic global storm on Mars, the winds have died down and the dust that filled the atmosphere is settling. Now, like a scene from the opening ...

NASA’s InSight lander on Mars has returned to normal operations after a break of around two weeks due to a regional dust storm. The lander is currently active, but its science instruments will remain ...

A team of scientists has found that materials on Mars and the Moon can be used to 3D-print objects, such as tools for future manned missions. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign ...

Whirling dust devils on Mars probably generate high-voltage electric fields and associated magnetic fields and would need to be considered by future human explorers, scientists said Tuesday. The ...

Two Apollo EVA spacesuits, covered in dark gray lunar dust. The short times spent on the Moon by the Apollo astronauts meant that the long-term issues associated with dust could be ignored during ...

Moon dust is not a poetic flourish, it is a mission risk that can grind through metal, clog joints, and threaten astronaut lungs. As NASA prepares to send crews back to the lunar surface for longer ...

University of Michigan scientists have found clues that dust devils on Mars might have high-voltage electric fields, which means the so-called mini-tornados could be hazardous for both human and ...

LUNAR explorers had better be handy with a vacuum cleaner. A new “lunar dust buster” may be an essential tool for future missions, allowing astronauts to clean up following grubby moonwalks and ...

In the spring of 2001, two robotic Carbon Explorer floats recorded the rapid growth of phytoplankton in the upper layers of the North Pacific Ocean after a passing storm had deposited iron-rich dust ...