"Scientifically there's a huge amount we can learn from asteroids," says Alan Fitzsimmons, an astronomer at Queens University ...

The dream of mining metals in deep space crashed ... a microwave oven-size spacecraft toward an asteroid later this week, its goal to kick off a future where precious metals are mined around ...

YR4, which orbits the sun every four years and periodically crosses Earth's orbit. The nature of its orbit makes it a ...

But with asteroid mining, no company has yet accomplished ... can confirm that the space rock contains the valuable metal, a future AstroForge mission may aim to extract, refine and ferry the ...

“Zero to one” is a phrase that describes the process of creating something radically new and taking it to its first growth ...

Odin, named for the father of Thor in Norse mythology, will be one of the first spacecraft developed by a private sector company to travel to deep space or beyond the moon.

A private space mission designed to push the boundaries of deep space exploration has encountered major technical failures ...

The company's plan was to send its washing machine-sized spacecraft, dubbed Odin, to visit an asteroid millions of miles from Earth and scout it as a potential mining site. But mere hours after ...

Based in the Seattle area, Garrett covers the space sector and advanced technologies that are shaping the future of aerospace ... Karman+ Raises $20m For Asteroid Mining Demo In 2027 is published ...