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Solar cells made of Moon dust could power up a lunar base

Glass for solar cells could be made on the Moon’s surface by melting lunar soil (pictured, embedded with moonwalker Buzz Aldrin’s boot print). Credit: NASA/Detlev Van Ravenswaay/Science Photo Library
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Nature 640, 291 (2025)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-00971-x
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