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Their study, published in the journal Communications Biology, also investigated how plants respond biologically to the Moons soil, also known as lunar regolith

Researchers grew plants in soil from the moon for the first time. | Business Insider Africa

Lunar soil was used to grow plants for the first time, suggesting that we may be able to produce food for astronauts off-world.

WASHINGTON — Scientists for the first time have grown seeds in soil from the moon — samples retrieved during National Aeronautics and Space Administration or Nasa missions in 1969 and 1972 — in an achievement that heralds the promise of using earthly plants to support human outposts on other worlds. Researchers said on Thursday (May 12) they planted seeds of...

Researchers said on Thursday they planted seeds in containers each bearing a gram of moon soil, and watched as they sprouted.

Scientists at the University of Florida grew plants in lunar soil for the first time, laying the foundation for growing food on the moon.

For the first time, scientists have grown plants in soil from the moon collected by NASA’s Apollo astronauts.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—For the first time, scientists have grown plants in soil from the moon collected by NASA’s ...

Breakthrough experiment sees seeds germinate in lunar samples collected during NASA’s Apollo missions decades ago.

The breakthrough experiment sees seeds germinate in lunar samples collected during NASA's Apollo missions decades ago.Scientists have for the first ti