This February, California-based asteroid mining startup AstroForge embarked on what it hoped would be one of the most important launches in history: the first commercial deep space mission.

Asteroid mining might sound like something out of science fiction, but experts say it could be the path to out-of-this-world wealth. According to Matt Gialich, founder of space mining company ...

"Reproducing that in space is going to be much harder. At this stage it's hard to say whether [established] techniques can be employed or whether [the asteroid mining industry] will have to ...

China's Tianwen-2 asteroid sample return mission is set to launch this month, May 2025, en route to the asteroid Kamoʻoalewa ...

NANJING -- A team of Chinese scientists has created a six-legged "space mining robot" inspired by insects, which could be used for prospecting and mining on the moon or asteroids in the future.

Asteroids are space rocks that can range in size from dust ... Identifying target asteroids for mining the materials we need in the most cost-effective way. Developing the necessary technology ...

It is a back-to-the-future kind of place, where fantasies from the Space Age’s heroic early days are becoming real. Mining asteroids. Orbital manufacturing. Private space stations. Moon buggies.

Luxembourg’s annual Space Resources Week 2025 ends on Wednesday, where the topic of possible future asteroid mining is always ...

Recent discoveries have challenged previous assumptions about the space near Earth, revealing a potential population of undiscovered "minimoons," some ...