So far, scientists have found around 34,000 near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) that could serve as humanity's stepping stone to the stars.…
Uranium is the heaviest element found in large amounts on Earth, with an atomic number of 92. Although heavier elements…
Asteroid mining is slowly but surely coming closer to reality. Many start-ups and governmental agencies alike are getting in on…
If and when we ever get an asteroid mining industry off the ground, one of the most important decisions to…
A new study by a team of Chinese researchers examines the impact asteroid mining with have on global equity.
Humanity seems destined to expand into the Solar System. What exactly that looks like, and how difficult and tumultuous the…
The USGS' Astrogeology Science Center has released a complete mineral map of the Moon, which the lunar mining crowd is…
The Trump administration just signed an executive order that has given the green light to asteroid and lunar mining and…
NASA's Psyche mission is sure to find some interesting things when it explores a metal asteroid, like quadrillions of dollars…
This year, the NASA's NIAC Program is looking at some really interesting ideas - such as a water-powered, laser-shooting, asteroid-mining…