• Space Mining Boom Driven by Rare Metal Demand AI Robotics and Deep-Space Exploration Innovations. • Space Mining Unlocks New Era of Space Economy Fuel Production 3D Printing and Infrastructure ...
Space is the next frontier when it comes to mined goods, with companies eyeing up the lunar surface and asteroids for resources including rare earths and water to create rocket fuel, support ...
California-based aerospace startup TransAstra is developing a revolutionary inflatable device known as the Capture Bag. Designed in various sizes, this device aims to capture asteroids for mining ...
Starcloud plans to include Bitcoin mining ASICs on its Starcloud-2 spacecraft launching in 2027, powered by solar energy in orbit.
An Nvidia-backed startup plans to establish a Bitcoin mining operation in space before the year is out.
Using an instrument called HiPERCAM attached to the Gran Telescopio Canarias in La Palma, Spain, a team of researchers recently found that the near-Earth asteroid 2022 OB 5 is rotating once every ...
As witnesses discussed the benefits and challenges of space mining, members of the House Natural Resources Committee debated if they had jurisdiction on the topic. Credit: House Natural Resources ...
Learn about the projects that hope to acquire rare metals from space by mining asteroids, creating a budding industry with ambitious economic goals. As concerns over Earth’s limited resources continue ...
A U.S. asteroid-mining company has announced the target space rock for its upcoming test mission. Odin will separate shortly after the Falcon 9 upper stage fires its engines to head for the moon. The ...
Does the United Nations need to form a Parliament to regulate space mining? The answer will likely be yes if we ask from within the U.N. itself. Posing this question outside that forum, however, one ...
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 ...
7-28-14 Update: There they were, at 10,000 feet on the remote and rugged slopes of the Mauna Kea volcano on the big island of Hawaii, running their robot through the same volcanic soil NASA uses to ...