While asteroid mining is already being undertaken, the first mission didn't exactly go off without a hitch. Here's what ...

As an asteroid mining start-up's latest mission goes awry, Josh Sims looks at how close we really are to extracting rare ...

Mining is one of Ghana's most important economic sectors, contributing billions of dollars to the economy and providing ...

A Bitcoin investor's privately funded SpaceX mission has made history by launching the first-ever human spaceflight over both ...

Mercury pollution accumulated in trees could offer a new way to keep tabs on destructive gold mining operations in the Amazon rainforest. “We could potentially see whether mining is starting to ...

Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A startup company wants to establish mining operations on the moon to extract a rare isotope needed for future quantum computers ...

At the same time, BlockDAG is preparing to launch its X30 miner, an advanced machine designed for high profitability. Together, these breakthroughs are setting ...

The prospect of space mining — extracting minerals from the moon, Mars and other extraterrestrial bodies — has long captured the imagination and fed science fiction circles. Now, researchers ...

February may be the shortest month of the year, but that doesn’t mean it was short on interesting rounds. Startups ranging from space mining to those that help connect pickleball enthusiasts all ...

But others question whether mining these metals in space and bringing them back to Earth is really feasible, especially in the near term – and whether it could have its own unique, but just as ...

A robot works in a simulated environment for space mining at a lab of China University of Mining and Technology in Xuzhou, Jiangsu province. Provided to China Daily The prospect of space mining ...