Solar cells made of moon dust could power future space exploration (phys.org)

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In a study published in Device, researchers created solar cells made out of simulated moon dust. The cells convert sunlight into energy efficiently, withstand radiation damage, and mitigate the need for transporting heavy materials into space, offering a potential solution to one of space exploration's biggest challenges: reliable energy sources.

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[-] TheLamb@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 3 months ago

While this discovery is amazing I'm afraid that some shitty CEO might try to exploit it, therefore probably ruining the Moon. But maybe that's just me

[-] FreeBooteR69@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

How could you ruin the moon? It's a cratered dead world which has no effective atmosphere to speak of.

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