Asteroid mining, a concept once confined to the realm of science fiction, could soon become a reality courtesy of a daring startup. By 2027, Karman aims to pioneer this groundbreaking venture, ...

When Joel Sercel thinks about the promise of extracting valuable resources from asteroids for use in space, he recalls other world-changing technologies that exploded when the time and circumstances ...

Last week, California-based space company AstroForge launched what it claimed was the first “commercial deep space mission in history.” The company’s plan was to send its washing machine-sized ...

A privately built spacecraft is tumbling aimlessly in deep space, with little hope of being able to contact its home planet. Odin is around 270,000 miles (434,522 kilometers) away from Earth, on a ...

GOLDEN, Colorado — There are those who envision big bucks pouring in from the heavens by cashing in on resource-rich asteroids. In increasing number, probes are being dispatched by multiple countries ...