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

Earth may be safe from an impact by the asteroid 2024 YR4, but it still has a chance of striking the moon. This lunar impact could pose a risk to space tech and astronauts.

"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?" ...

NASA's DART asteroid mission impact was a success, but part of that success might've had to do with boulders ejected during the collision.

This includes the data on the asteroid boulders themselves. This new study suggests the importance of considering all of these variables when planning future asteroid deflection missions.

Asteroid mining on any commercial scale is decades away and would be wildly expensive -- and we don't yet know what 16 Psyche actually contains -- so gold's scarcity is still in play today and for ...

While Asteroid 2024 YRA has a minute chance of hitting Earth in seven years, the co-lead of NASA's DART mission says a small spacecraft could deflect the space rock's course.

A plane-sized asteroid scheduled to pass Earth next week is making headlines, but NASA experts want the public to understand why this encounter is more routine than remarkable.

When NASA's DART spacecraft slammed into the asteroid moon Dimorphos in September 2022, it didn't just change the asteroid's orbit as intended—it unleashed a massive barrage of boulders that ...

Chinese companies are accelerating their global investment in mining operations, particularly in critical minerals, leading to concerns among Western nations about China's increasing dominance in ...

"Something Unknown Is At Work Here": Unexpected Results From NASA Mission To Deflect Asteroid In 2022, NASA's DART spacecraft attempted to deflect an asteroid about the size of the Great Pyramid ...