TransAstra has already tested part of its mission on the International Space Station (ISS). Under a $2.5 million contract for ...

TransAstra is performing a study, funded by investors and customers, to explore the technical feasibility of moving a 100-metric-ton asteroid to a stable near-Earth orbit. “We want to bring an ...

Two laws on opposite sides of the Atlantic have given private companies legal cover to extract resources from asteroids, but peer-reviewed economic models and NASA’s own research suggest the path from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Meteorite chemistry shows which primitive asteroids may hold usable metals or water, and why most space mining remains difficult. ...

Asteroid mining has shifted from science fiction to business plan, with serious money and engineering talent now chasing metals and water locked inside near‑Earth rocks. The promise is simple but ...

Several companies are already developing solutions to mine asteroids in space, as they contain many useful elements, such as water and gold.

There's growing debate about the future of asteroid mining, as technology keeps making new advancements. These new developments have prompted concerns about how this process can be regulated, as it ...

Asteroid mining companies are finally getting off the ground, and that is raising some concerns about the impact those activities will have on the space environment. A new paper published in Acta ...