In national security space, “dim objects” typically refer to satellites or debris that emit little energy and are hard to see with traditional sensors. Detecting and characterizing them is already ...

Asteroid mining wouldn’t just change space exploration—it would reshape life on Earth. A sudden influx of metals and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Meteorite chemistry shows which primitive asteroids may hold usable metals or water, and why most space mining remains difficult. ...

Are the billions of asteroids in space secretly treasures?

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Rare earth elements are used in a wide variety of modern technologies, from wind turbines to phones. While the elements ...

Getting into space has never been cheaper thanks to private firms and reusable technology. That has sparked something of a ...

The BAFTA-winning developer of Prison Architect launches sandbox space-sim into 1.0 following three years of updates ...

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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 ...

The 1967 Outer Space Treaty did not expect Earth-based sites such as Pituffik would decide who can monitor or dominate orbit ...

US President Donald Trump’s position on Greenland has shifted almost daily, from threats to take it by force to assurances he won’t. But one thing remains consistent: his insistence the Arctic island ...