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One meteorite may hold the answers space agencies have been chasing, answers that could unlock mining in deep space.

Scientists are digging into the hidden makeup of carbon-rich asteroids to see whether they could one day fuel space ...

Space mining tech and robotic prospecting are unlocking extraterrestrial resources, reshaping future energy, manufacturing, ...

Once thought to be the debris of a destroyed planet, the asteroid belt is now understood as a region shaped by gravity, ...

Much remains to be known about the chemical composition of small asteroids. Their potential to harbor valuable metals, materials from the early solar system, and the possibility of obtaining a ...

Analysis of C type asteroid samples supports use as sources of metals and primordial material and helps target missions and resource technology. (Nanowerk News) Much remains to be known about the ...

Much remains to be known about the chemical composition of small asteroids. Their potential to harbor valuable metals, materials from the early solar system, and the possibility of obtaining a ...

Whether an asteroid spins smoothly on its axis or tumbles in a chaotic dance depends on how often it has been struck by other objects in space. New results presented at the EPSC-DPS2025 Joint Meeting ...

Meet 2025 SC79, which has the second-fastest unique asteroid orbit in the Solar System. It orbits the Sun in just 128 days! Washington, DC—A newly discovered asteroid travels around the Sun in just ...

Asteroids might seem like peaceful drifters suspended in space, but they’re really disturbed, spinning and tumbling in complex motion that holds clues to their past. A new study presented at the ...