Like pipes, statues and nails, the moon can rust. Such rusting has occurred despite a seeming lack of necessary components — ...
When the Artemis program returns humans to the lunar surface, astronauts may want to make sure they’re up to date on their ...
A new investigation into rust on the Moon implicates Earth as the culprit. Oxygen leaking out of Earth is likely responsible for the transformation of iron to hematite (Fe2O3) at the lunar poles. Lab ...
(While the iron oxide on the Moon does not turn it red, to go along with the concept of 'rusting', the thumbnail image — ...