Investors and dreamers like to picture asteroids as glittering vaults of gold and platinum, a $700 quintillion jackpot ...

Asteroid mining has moved from science fiction pitch decks into serious technical studies, but the gap between concept and ...

Based on their analysis, the team found that a type of asteroid rich in the minerals olivine and spinel could serve as an ...

Scientists are digging into the hidden makeup of carbon-rich asteroids to see whether they could one day fuel space ...

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This February, California-based asteroid mining startup AstroForge embarked on what it hoped would be one of the most important launches in history: the first commercial deep space mission. Strapped ...

Space mining tech and robotic prospecting are unlocking extraterrestrial resources, reshaping future energy, manufacturing, and off-world economies.

Much remains to be known about the chemical composition of small asteroids. Their potential to harbor valuable metals, materials from the early solar system, and the possibility of obtaining a ...

AstroForge is refusing to let two massive failures stop it from risking a third. The California-based space startup, which aims to mine near-Earth asteroids for metal, lost its Mission 1 and Mission 2 ...