Scientists are closer to being able to grow crops on the moon after successfully cultivating chickpeas in simulated lunar ...
Texas scientists test using fungi and earthworms to turn toxic, abrasive moon dirt into soil capable of growing crops.
Tests involving growing chickpea plants in lunar regolith treated with vermicompost and fungi yielded harvestable crops — but ...
Moon hummus could be on the horizon after scientists grew chickpeas in lunar dust for the first time. The Myles variety of ...
Scientists have grown chickpeas in simulated moon dirt—raising the possibility that future astronauts could one day harvest ...
Scientists from the University of Texas at Austin have successfully grown and harvested chickpeas using imitation lunar soil.
Nasa and other space agencies hope that humans will be living on the Moon in the coming years – and they’ll need something to eat ...