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No, an Asteroid the Size of a Skyscraper Isn’t Going to Hit Earth, Sorry

8 months ago

No, an Asteroid the Size of a Skyscraper Isn’t Going to Hit Earth, Sorry

Earthlings often get nervous (or get their hopes up) about asteroids careening towards Earth. Such is the case this week,…

NASA Spacecraft Spots Signal Of Water On Asteroid Bennu

3 years ago

NASA Spacecraft Spots Signal Of Water On Asteroid Bennu

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

NASA’s Asteroid-Sampling Spacecraft Has Arrived At Its Target

3 years ago

NASA’s Asteroid-Sampling Spacecraft Has Arrived At Its Target

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Asteroid Mining Might Just Work, If Only We Can Land on the Dang Things

4 years ago

Asteroid Mining Might Just Work, If Only We Can Land on the Dang Things

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

The Rosetta mission’s Philae lander descended toward the 4km-wide comet at a human’s walking pace. For seven tense hours, scientists…

Falcon Heavy May Have Drastically Increased The Number Of Asteroids We Can Mine

4 years ago

Falcon Heavy May Have Drastically Increased The Number Of Asteroids We Can Mine

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Swarms Of Satellites That Surf The Solar Wind Could Be The Future Of Asteroid Mining

4 years ago

Swarms Of Satellites That Surf The Solar Wind Could Be The Future Of Asteroid Mining

A Private Company Just Received Permission To Travel Beyond Earth’s Orbit

5 years ago

A Private Company Just Received Permission To Travel Beyond Earth’s Orbit

In a world first, a US-based company has been granted permission to travel beyond Earth’s orbit into deep space. Moon…

A New Sensor Can Sniff Out Gold Inside Space Rocks

6 years ago

A New Sensor Can Sniff Out Gold Inside Space Rocks

Giz Explains: The Most Important Thing We Will Need To Survive In Space

7 years ago

Giz Explains: The Most Important Thing We Will Need To Survive In Space

Dust From Asteroid Mining Could Turn Into Another Space Junk Hazard

7 years ago

Dust From Asteroid Mining Could Turn Into Another Space Junk Hazard

There is gold out there on asteroids. Silver and platinum and titanium too. And if we’re seriously going to mine…

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