The majority of these asteroids are located within the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. However, there are also approximately 34,000 known near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) – and around 2,000 ...

Mining the top 10 most cost-effective asteroids - largely based on how close they are to Earth - could rake in a profit of $1.5 trillion, according to Asterank, a database keeping track of over ...

Traditionally, asteroid mining has focused on precious materials like noble metals and PGMs, Ellery said, but only one in 2,000 near-Earth objects (NEOs) is known to have PGMs in economically ...

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

Even if asteroid mining isn’t possible today, or done by AstroForge, it may become reality for one entity or another down the road. “To me, it is about pushing humans forward,” he said.

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.

Asteroid mining could become a lucrative business, with materials found on a single asteroid adding up to trillions of dollars in possible profit. The idea has been around for decades, although it ...

Asteroid mining, tick. Factories in space, tick. Want to stay on a private space station? Jed McCaleb, a fintech billionaire, has hired Max Haot, a serial entrepreneur, to make it happen.

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

Exovia is a physics-based asteroid mining and logistics simulator coming to Steam in 2026. Play as a lone engineer mining asteroids, building a warp gate, and gathering resources for humanity.

Asteroid-mining startup AstroForge plans to launch its third mission, which will land on a metallic space rock, in 2025.