the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter ... appears to be made largely of iron, nickel or gold. As such, planetary scientists think it could be a rare example of the core of a planet ...

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

Still, asteroid mining has the potential payback of a hundredfold or more, according to Dano. "Mining and returning platinum ...

“It’s absolutely like a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow for a meteoriticist to know what asteroid the sample’s come from,” says Sara Russell, a planetary scientist at London’s ...

Asteroid mining companies have tried for decades ... Blas recently calculated that the price of a precious metal such as gold would need to jump 140,000-fold for astro mining to become profitable.

When the 'God of Chaos' asteroid flies by our planet in five years, Earth's gravity could cause it to experience 'astroquakes,' scientists have predicted. Their research suggests that when the ...

A new gold (or platinum) mining rush ... Finding large deposits of platinum on an asteroid, for example, says Mitch, "would allow humanity to start innovating in a way we haven't done in quite ...

Scientists predict that the asteroid Apophis may undergo significant surface changes when it makes its close approach to Earth in 2029, according to a new study. The asteroid, named after the ...

It's here to stay, or at least until Thanksgiving week. But it's not a moon. In fact, it's an asteroid named 2024 PT5. It entered Earth's orbit on Sept. 29 and will be taking up residency in our ...

The license covers the Odin mission, which will launch in early 2025 on board the next Intuitive Machines moon launch.

A spacecraft is on its way to visit an asteroid that US space agency Nasa knocked off course in 2022. The Hera craft launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida at 10:52 local time (15:52BST ...