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Lunar settlements will look dramatically different from the glittering skyscraper-filled cities on Earth, experts told ...

Building cities on the moon’s surface poses many challenges when it comes to constructing habitats suitable for human colonization. Surface buildings would have to be able to withstand cosmic ...

As humanity eyes the Moon not just as a destination, but as a potential long-term base for scientific research and even commercial activity, the search for viable astronaut habitats is more pressing ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Scientists have discovered lava tubes just under the surface of the Moon. The team used radar to answer a ...

Preliminary studies and field validations by the Hainan Earthquake Agency and SUSTech showed that a medium-sized rocket ...

How can artificial intelligence (AI) be used to locate lunar pits and skylights, which are surface depressions and openings, respectively, that serve as entrances to lava caves and lava tubes? This is ...

Sometimes, a hole in the ground is just a hole. Other times, it’s a portal to an underground cave spanning miles in width and length. You don’t really know what’s inside unless you dive into the void.

As the demand for constructing lunar and Martian bases continues to rise, lava tubes—with their unique advantages such as natural shielding from cosmic radiation, thermally stable conditions, and ...

What does an ancient lava tube in the Canary Islands have in common with space exploration? For our robotics teams, it turns out, quite a lot. A small group of our researchers traveled to Lanzarote, ...