While asteroid mining is already being undertaken, the first mission didn't exactly go off without a hitch. Here's what ...

Engineering students are building a compact, energy-efficient device that can pulverize asteroid rocks for Design Day ...

The company's plan was to send its washing machine-sized spacecraft, dubbed Odin, to visit an asteroid millions of miles from Earth and scout it as a potential mining site. But mere hours after ...

Still, AstroForge is forging ahead, preparing its $55 million Mission 3 to launch aboard Intuitive Machines' rideshare next year. Perhaps this is because mining ... a near-Earth asteroid to ...

Asteroid mining firms say mining for minerals on asteroids is just around the corner now, but not everyone is convinced (Credit: Getty Images) As an asteroid mining start-up's latest mission goes ...

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 ...

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. Thirty years ago the ...