Asteroid-mining startup AstroForge is making waves with its plan to land on a near-Earth asteroid in 2025. The company announced the expedition on Tuesday (August 20), also revealing that it has ...

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A small slice of Piguem Nonralta sits on Matt Gialich’s desk. The metallic ball, roughly the size of a doughnut hole, was discovered in Argentina in 1576 when Spanish colonizers went searching for ...

Every day we get closer to mining the final frontier, just like in science fiction. Space mining is a complicated task as you’d imagine. But it starts with surveying asteroids and other objects ...

AstroForge’s CEO Matt Gialich wants to mine asteroids for platinum, aiming to turn space’s untapped wealth into a new frontier for precious metals. reading time 7 minutes California startup AstroForge ...

AstroForge's mission of landing on and mining asteroids has hit some snags, including technical difficulties during their first launch. reading time 2 minutes Asteroid mining company AstroForge has ...

"Odin's role is to gather critical imagery of the target asteroid, preparing the way for our next mission, Vestri, which will aim to land on the asteroid and begin extraction." When you purchase ...

In science-fiction stories, companies often mine the moon or asteroids. While this may seem far-fetched, this idea is edging closer to becoming reality. The company recently attempted to land its ...

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Canadian Space Mining Corporation (CSMC) is proud to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and Licensing term sheet with Canadian Nuclear Laboratories ...

A recent publication in Frontiers in Space Technologies examined the parallels between ocean floor mining and lunar ...