While the technology still needs significant work, a new analysis of meteorites points to valuable targets in the solar ...

Investors and dreamers like to picture asteroids as glittering vaults of gold and platinum, a $700 quintillion jackpot waiting to be claimed. The real prize is more prosaic and far more strategic: the ...

A newly unveiled company with some high-profile backers — including filmmaker James Cameron and Google co-founder Larry Page — has announced plans to mine near-Earth asteroids for resources such as ...

Asteroid mining companies are finally getting off the ground, and that is raising some concerns about the impact those activities will have on the space environment. A new paper published in Acta ...

A new study published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS) explores the long-debated potential of asteroid mining. Conducted by a team led by Dr. Josep M. Trigo-Rodríguez ...

JWST imaged 2024 YR4 in late March, making it the smallest object the telescope had imaged to date. The data its instruments collected indicate that based on the amount of heat it gives off, 2024 YR4 ...