Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

A Problem in the ‘Pits of Eternal Darkness’? Scientists Pour Cold Water on Future Moon Colony Plans

Christopher Plain·September 14, 2026

A new study of water ice stored within the Moon's so-called 'pits of eternal darkness' has cast doubt on large, sci-fi sounding lunar cities.

Harvard astronomers have announced the discovery of over 100 previously undiscovered moons orbiting the planet Saturn.