His venture may seem far out, but asteroid mining CEO Matt Gialich has no illusions. The engineer cofounded the bold California startup AstroForge in 2022 with the aim of hunting for precious ...

Asteroid mining is hard. Companies wanting to exploit their rich mineral resources face not only the difficulties of getting to the asteroids – a feat only achieved for the first time in 2001 ...

Mining the moon for water, helium-3, and rare earth elements could become a multibillion-dollar industry in the near future, but astronomers warn it risks coming at the expense of scientific ...

A privately-built spacecraft has embarked on an unprecedented deep space mission to scout out an asteroid's potential for mining. The probe, called Odin, was launched on a SpaceX rocket alongside ...

Whichever party is elected as the next provincial government needs to show better support for northwestern Ontario's mining industry if some of the region's major developments are to move forward ...