A robot works in a simulated environment for space mining at a lab of China University of Mining and Technology in Xuzhou, ...

There are plenty of upsides to the pursuit of asteroid mining, said Paul Stimers, an attorney and space policy expert with Holland & Knight. There are, however, some key questions hanging over the ...

Space companies need Starship's super-heavy heft to fly human habitats and mining equipment to the moon. The rocket just ...

China’s deep-sea mining deal with the Cook Islands raises the stakes in critical mineral competition, with the United States at risk of falling behind. In February, the Cook Islands announced a key ...

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. By Jonathan O ...

Chinese scientists have developed a six-legged "space mining robot" inspired by insects, which may be used for prospecting and mining on the moon or asteroids in the future, Xinhua News reported ...

Chinese researchers have successfully conducted robotic tests on Earth, replicating the microgravity conditions of the Moon, ...

NANJING -- A team of Chinese scientists has created a six-legged "space mining robot" inspired by insects, which could be ...

Gold mining in Peru’s Amazon is now destroying carbon-storing peatlands at an alarming rate. In just two years, over half of ...

Higher latitudes on the moon with slopes facing the poles "are not only scientifically interesting but also pose less ...