(Nanowerk News) The Moon’s atmosphere is entirely devoid of oxygen. If humans want to stay there for extended periods, it will be of great benefit to make breathable oxygen there instead of having to ...

A robot created chemicals to make oxygen from Martian rocks. The same process would have taken a human 2,000 years, according to researchers. The robot could one day help create human settlements on ...

Sometime this weekend, when the Mars Perseverance Rover is taking a few hours off from exploring Jezero Crater, a toaster-sized device will run a modest chemistry experiment that might one day make it ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced it has chosen a team to make oxygen on the moon. The team, led by aerospace manufacturer Thales Alenia Space, will design and build a payload to create ...

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Chinese scientists have created a robot chemist that can make oxygen using Martian rocks, bringing humans a step closer to colonizing the red planet. The robot was able to analyze minerals found in ...