Companies are getting in on the ground floor of mining asteroids in space for precious minerals and important terrestrial ...

In October 2023, NASA launched a mission toward 16 Psyche, a massive gold and metal-rich asteroid orbiting between Mars and ...

Every so often, Jupiter's strong gravity sends an asteroid hurtling through the solar system, sometimes towards Earth. Last ...

Science fiction dreams of mining riches from asteroids only make sense if humans can make it worth their time and effort. The new Planetary Resources group backed by Silicon Valley billionaires and ...

Imagine a world where the oceans hold treasures worth trillions. Earth’s seas are home to millions of tons of gold, potentially worth over $2 quadrillion, according to estimates. While this idea has ...

Tired of that mundane desk job? Want a more exciting internship experience than ferrying around coffee at a downtown law firm? Then we may have just the thing: Out-of-this-world asteroid-mining ...