Earth’s Air Reaches the Moon Again, Hinting at Lunar Habitats
A University of Rochester study published in December 2025 found that solar winds continue to ferry particles from Earth’s atmosphere to the Moon, where they accumulate in the lunar regolith. This could make the Moon a time capsule of Earth's atmospheric history and, importantly, provide the building blocks for breathable air for future lunar settlements—though challenges like radiation and resource extraction remain before colonization is feasible.
