Asteroids not only represent a potential threat to humanity, they also offer great opportunities, especially for the future.

AstroForge’s CEO Matt Gialich wants to mine asteroids for platinum, aiming to turn space’s untapped wealth into a new ...

land on it and use an onboard refinery to mine the asteroid for precious metals. But the technology is still very much at the ...

Underneath the icy, rocky surface of asteroids – such as the 16 Psyche which is about 124 miles wide – there’s an estimated ...

Asteroid mining might sound like something out of ... Odin will launch as a rideshare payload on Intuitive Machines' IM-3 lunar lander before slingshotting around the moon and out into space.

The license covers the Odin mission, which will launch in early 2025 on board the next Intuitive Machines ... Space mining startup AstroForge aims to launch historic asteroid-landing mission ...

Mitch is the founder of the Asteroid Mining Corporation (AMC). He admits pulling off such a feat is still a fair way off. Not only would it involve landing robots on a rock, but also remotely ...

California-based AstroForge will ramp up its bid to commercialize mining ... Machines' upcoming IM-2 mission (also to put a small lander on the moon), enter deep space, perform a flyby of the ...

Asteroid mining is not a far-flung idea, Dano believes. "There are currently millions of asteroids in our solar system, and ...

The Psyche mission is a huge step in figuring out what sort of metals are out there, and may answer questions about the Earth’s core. This U.S. Air Force Commander Helps Elon Musk’s Interns ...

Excitement for asteroid mining has dropped off a bit since it was attracting more investment in the early 2010s, but with NASA and SpaceX forging onward with plans to establish a presence on the ...