Human life on the Moon is possible, but only under one condition say scientists

Scientists may have uncovered the path for humans to successfully inhabit the Moon, a new study has claimed.

On its surface, are extremely dangerous levels of radiation, namely the 'galactic cosmic rays' that can significantly increase a persons risks of developing cancer.

Other forms of radiation on the moon can even cause damage to skin and have a detrimental impact on blood cells, but a new study might have found a remedy for these concerns.

Carried out by Jingnan Guo and Mikhail Dobynde from University of Science and Technology of China, analysis has shown that future inhabitants of the moon could be protected by a thick layer of the moons soil creating a barrier above them.

And, this development comes less than a three weeks after scientists revealed that 'caves' had been discovered on the moon, which could potentially compliment the new study released by Guo and Dobynde.

Guo told the New Scientist: “Radiation on the moon is not constant.

“For short stays on the Moon without encountering intensive solar energetic particles (SEPs), the radiation effect should be small.”

But, she claims that in the event of a solar storm, the consequences could be catastrophic to humans, she said: “There was such a big SEP event that happened in between in September that it could have caused possible death to astronauts on the moon if they had been there unprotected,”

Guo continued: “Neutrons have a large biological effect as they can efficiently interact with the human body to cause radiation effects in the internal organs."

“They can contribute to more than 90% of the total effective radiation when shielding is around 50 centimetres,”

The study showed that a three metre gap below the Moon's surface could protect human life for 20 years without suffering from the dangers of radiation on the moons surface.