The same dirt that clings to astronauts' boots may one day keep their lights on. In a study published in Device, researchers created solar cells made out of simulated moon dust. The cells convert ...

Imagine a display that harvests ambient light when it is not actively in use, offsetting some of its own energy consumption.

NASA's plan to establish a permanent human presence on the moon will require making better use of lunar resources. A new approach has now shown how to make solar cells out of moon dust. Later this ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The same dust that settles on astronauts' boots might one day provide energy for their Moon habitats. Researchers have developed ...

Perovskite solar cells are a rapidly advancing photovoltaic technology that has seen a dramatic rise in power conversion ...

Vision of future solar cell fabrication on the Moon, utilizing raw regolith. Shown are robots that source raw regolith and bring it to a production facility, which fabricates perovskite-based moon ...