A new study published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS) explores the long-debated potential of ...

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

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

Based on their analysis, the team found that a type of asteroid rich in the minerals olivine and spinel could serve as an ...

Scientists are digging into the hidden makeup of carbon-rich asteroids to see whether they could one day fuel space ...

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Mining water, metals, and oxygen from the Moon and asteroids seems promising, but only if these space-based resources are reasonably accessible. Reading time 8 minutes The new era of space exploration ...

Alex Knapp is a Forbes senior editor covering healthcare and science. California-based Astroforge is running a lean operation with a high-risk, high-reward mission to mine space for precious metals.

Space mining tech and robotic prospecting are unlocking extraterrestrial resources, reshaping future energy, manufacturing, ...

The cars, cellphones, computers and televisions that people in the U.S. use every day require metals like copper, cobalt and platinum to build. Demand from the electronics industry for these metals is ...