Magneto's Asteroid M base is an iconic piece of X-Men franchise lore, which many casual fans just became acquainted with from its appearance in X-Men '97 â leading many to be curious about ...

The company is in a race against time to become the first to mine an asteroid for platinum and sell it on Earth for a whole lot of money, cashing in on the rapid commercialization of space.

Mitch is the founder of the Asteroid Mining Corporation (AMC). He admits pulling off such a feat is still a fair way off. Not only would it involve landing robots on a rock, but also remotely ...

Asteroid mining is not a far-flung idea, Dano believes. "There are currently millions of asteroids in our solar system, and ...

AstroForge's ultimate aim is to send a spacecraft to an asteroid, land on it and use an onboard refinery to mine the asteroid for precious metals. But the technology is still very much at the ...

California-based AstroForge will ramp up its bid to commercialize mining in space with the first ... dock on the company’s target near-Earth asteroid, whose identity remains unknown.

Excitement for asteroid mining has dropped off a bit since it was attracting more investment in the early 2010s, but with NASA and SpaceX forging onward with plans to establish a presence on the ...

The Psyche mission is a huge step in figuring out what sort of metals are out there, and may answer questions about the Earth’s core. This U.S. Air Force Commander Helps Elon Musk’s Interns ...

AstroForge, a US-based startup with plans to mine asteroids ... of Odin and is designed to return to the targeted metallic asteroid and dock with it by using magnets, as it is expected the ...

A new asteroid mining company has booked its first test mission with SpaceX. AstroForge plans to mine asteroids by breaking them up and returning valuable materials to Earth. It was cofounded by ...

Startup aims to mine asteroids for valuable minerals at a lower cost and with a smaller carbon footprint than mining on Earth. Credit: AstroForge Asteroid mining startup AstroForge has received a ...

The asteroid belt is estimated to contain $700 quintillion worth of resources. Mining for metals won’t make you richer than Bezos and Musk unless you can create your own monopoly. Flooding the ...