As concerns over Earth's limited resources continue to grow, some entrepreneurs are eagerly looking beyond our planet to establish the next big business venture: asteroid mining. The prospect of ...

When Joel Sercel thinks about the promise of extracting valuable resources from asteroids for use in space, he recalls other world-changing technologies that exploded when the time and circumstances ...

When I first spoke with space entrepreneurs Jose Acain and Matt Gialich a little more than two years ago, I wondered whether I would ever talk to them again. That is not meant to be offensive; rather, ...

"Can humanity enjoy the benefits of both asteroid and lunar mining without compromise, or do we have to choose one at the expense of the other?" GOLDEN, Colorado — There are those who envision big ...

Asteroid-mining startup AstroForge plans to make history next year. The California company announced Tuesday (Aug. 20) that it aims to launch its third mission in 2025, as a ridealong on Houston ...

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 ...

NASA's Psyche mission is en route to a metal-rich asteroid, aiming to understand its composition, while US startups are actively developing technologies for asteroid mining. Asteroids hold ...

Is the moon home to $1 trillion worth of precious metals? That's what a new study claims, signalling the possibility of an expensive resource extraction race in the coming years. What Happened: ...