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

We love imagining giant space habitats and futuristic megastructures—but someone has to dig up the raw materials first. Asteroid mining won’t be glamorous: it’ll be isolation, harsh conditions, heavy ...

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 ...

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 ...

Asteroid mining has shifted from science fiction to business plan, with serious money and engineering talent now chasing metals and water locked inside near‑Earth rocks. The promise is simple but ...

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 ...

The idea of exploiting the natural resources on asteroids has been around for more than a century. But a new company called Planetary Resources... Tech Entrepreneurs Bet Big On Asteroid Mining ROBERT ...

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 ...