Asteroids colliding with Earth might seem farfetched, but the planetary threat is real. Just this year news broke of an asteroid with a 1%–2% chance of a fatal collision occurring in 2032. While more ...

T his February, California-based asteroid mining startup AstroForge embarked on what it hoped would be one of the most important launches in history: the first commercial deep space mission ...

AstroForge is banking that 2022 OB5 is an M-type asteroid, potentially rich with platinum. And if Odin’s camera can confirm that the space rock contains the valuable metal, a future AstroForge ...

The dream of mining metals in deep space crashed and burned in the 2010s. AstroForge’s Odin mission to survey a potentially metallic asteroid is packed and ready to lift off.

As an asteroid mining start-up's latest mission goes awry, Josh Sims looks at how close we really are to extracting rare minerals from the many celestial bodies above us.

The asteroid mining industry would be incredibly profitable. Asterank , a database that estimates the value and cost of mining over 600,000 asteroids, paints an optimistic picture.

VCs See Dollar Signs in Space, Commit $40 Million to Asteroid Mining Company AstroForge's mission of landing on and mining asteroids has hit some snags, including technical difficulties during ...

Asteroid mining and construction in orbit may prove to be the best way to colonize space rather than launching heavy payloads from Earth. Check out: 2 Dividend Legends To Hold Forever and Discover ...

It may be possible, though, to someday launch asteroid mining missions from Mars’ orbit, as suggested by a 2022 study in Planetary and Space Science. In this study, researchers claim that a station ...

A U.S. asteroid-mining company has announced the target space rock for its upcoming test mission. Odin will separate shortly after the Falcon 9 upper stage fires its engines to head for the moon ...

This February, California-based asteroid mining startup AstroForge embarked on what it hoped would be one of the most important launches in history: the first commercial deep space mission ...