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

According to the team's results, mining undifferentiated asteroids (believed to be the progenitor of chondritic meteorites) ...

Space mining often sounds like a fast route to endless metals. In practice, the first question is simple: what are small ...

The main goal of a newly announced private space telescope may be protecting Earth, but the instrument could also help out prospective asteroid miners, its builders say. The nonprofit B612 ...

Asteroid mining is a popular concept when it comes to science fiction, but it is now being considered seriously by scientists ...

Update: The news is out. Read our latest on Planetary Resources' plan here: Asteroid Miners to Launch World's 1st Crowdfunded Space Telescope A private asteroid mining company will announce a new plan ...

SEATTLE (AP) -- Space-faring robots could be extracting gold and platinum from asteroids within 10 years if a new venture backed by two Silicon Valley titans and filmmaker James Cameron gets off the ...

US-based Planetary Resources launched a satellite at the start of the year able to check for water on asteroids, although it was reduced to auctioning off equipment in August to make ends meet. Water ...

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 ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Asteroid Miner An idle space mining simulator that lets you scan, extract, and refine asteroids while upgrading ships and managing resources. Games metadata ...