Researchers used a synthetic version of moon dust to build working solar panels, which could eventually be created within – and used to power – a moon base of the future

Lunar travel could be revolutionised by solar panels made from dust which covers the moon’s surface, scientists say. German researchers melted a synthetic version of the moon’s loose surface debris into ‘moonglass’.

Make solar panels out of the Moon to let us live in space, scientists say - Building cells on the solar surface would save us from having to carry them into space, researchers suggest