The latter, which involves a 200-kg (440-pound) probe, will dock with a metallic, undisclosed near-Earth asteroid. The move would mark a milestone for the commercial spacecrafts sector ...

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.

The California company also just raised $40 million from investors. Asteroid-mining startup AstroForge plans to make history next year. The California company announced Tuesday (Aug. 20 ...

Credit: AstroForge Asteroid mining startup AstroForge has raised a $40 million Series A funding round. The company said the capital will help pay for the development and launch of a spacecraft to ...

Many contain precious metals that, someday, companies hope to extract. “Every time they’re talking about asteroid mining, they talk about mini-moons,” Dr. Spoto said. A metal-rich space rock ...

Space mining company AstroForge has raised $40 million toward the first-ever private asteroid mining mission in 2025. The $40 million Series A funding round brings the total raised to date to $55 ...

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has issued a warning for a monstrous asteroid that is expected to rocket past Earth on Tuesday evening. Dubbed 2024 ON, the celestial space rock measures 950 ...

In a bit of ominous news befitting a Friday the 13th: It turns out that the asteroid Apophis could have a very small chance of colliding into Earth in five years, when it is expected to make a ...

Asteroid debris from a moonlet that was partially exploded by a NASA spacecraft could soar across the skies of Earth and create a stunning light show. Rocket scientist Dr. Eloy Peña-Asensio, from ...

Many contain precious metals that, someday, companies hope to extract. “Every time they’re talking about asteroid mining, they talk about mini-moons,” Spoto said. A metal-rich space rock ...

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Your donation makes it possible for us to keep doing this important work, keeping you informed every step of the way to the November election Nasa has issued an alert for a stadium-sized asteroid ...