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 ...

Just a few smashups in the asteroid belt may account for 70 percent of Earth’s meteorites, limiting what’s known about our solar system’s history.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Scientists know that the vast majority of meteorites that come crashing down to Earth originate from the solar system's main asteroid belt: a region between Mars and Jupiter where irregularly ...

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 ...