Learn about the projects that hope to acquire rare metals from space by mining asteroids, creating a budding industry with ...

His venture may seem far out, but asteroid mining CEO Matt Gialich has no illusions. The engineer cofounded the bold California startup AstroForge in 2022 with the aim of hunting for precious ...

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 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 ...

A privately-built spacecraft has embarked on an unprecedented deep space mission to scout out an asteroid's potential for mining. The probe, called Odin, was launched on a SpaceX rocket alongside ...

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 ...

'If this works out, this will probably be the biggest business ever conceived of,' said Matt Gialich, founder and CEO of AstroForge, the builder and operator of the robotic probe.

Asteroid Mining Is the Path to a ‘Shitload of Money ... when you’re sitting in your Moon base living room, admiring your watch made from asteroid-mined platinum.