Gina Rinehart, Australia’s richest person, has bought a more-than $1 billion stake in SpaceX SPCX0.98%increase; up pointing triangle, betting on founder Elon Musk and what she says is the potential ...

Australia’s richest person Gina Rinehart has taken a “significant stake” in Elon Musk’s SpaceX, betting that the world’s largest space company could become a major driver of demand for critical ...

This video explores why asteroid mining has fascinated scientists, futurists, and investors for decades — not just because asteroids may hold enormous amounts of valuable metals, but because mining ...

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Using an instrument called HiPERCAM attached to the Gran Telescopio Canarias in La Palma, Spain, a team of researchers recently found that the near-Earth asteroid 2022 OB 5 is rotating once every ...

Beyond Earth, there are abundant resources on the Moon and, more significantly, on asteroids. The asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter alone is estimated to contain between 700,000 and 1,700,000 ...

The Senate on Thursday overturned a mining moratorium in Minnesota's Superior National Forest, a boon for a Chilean mining conglomerate Antofagasta. The chamber voted 50-49 to overturn a 20-year ...

In early April, NASA and its Artemis II mission inspired humanity to look toward the heavens. Now that the four-person space crew has returned home, however, the public still hasn't had its fill of ...

Space simulator Kerbal Space Program has seen a resurgence as players celebrate the launch of the world's first manned mission to the Moon, Artemis II, in decades. The Artemis II crew are heading home ...

Asteroid mining technology is transforming how we think about space exploration and resource acquisition. By targeting near-Earth objects rich in platinum-group metals and water, these innovations aim ...

You may be hearing a lot lately about critical minerals and rare earth elements. These natural materials are essential to industry and modern technology – everything from cellphones to fighter jets.

Starcloud plans to mine Bitcoin from orbit using ASIC hardware, arguing the economics of space computing favor specialized mining chips over GPUs. Starcloud, an Nvidia-backed orbital data center ...