but this advantage must be contrasted with the distances to the asteroids and the difficulties of operating in the vacuum of space. Not to mention—all right, let us mention it—the difficulty ...

The notion of mining asteroids for gold and other precious ... of trading physical gold might evolve to include gold sourced from space. Furthermore, gold trading CFDs, which allow traders to ...

A new threat looms as scientists warn of dangerous asteroids near Venus, hidden from Earth's telescopes by the Sun's glare.

She covered climate change, space rockets, mathematical puzzles ... Scientists just calculated that one of two metallic asteroids floating in Earth's vicinity may contain precious metals worth ...

By sending modified fungi to space, it may be possible to extract metals such as gold from asteroids without the need for heavy machinery or complex equipment. The concept of using fungi in space ...

Scientists believe the answer to Earth's insatiable demand for minerals could be found elsewhere: on metal-rich asteroids. Private space exploration companies and national agencies are committing ...

“Just like mining on Earth in the 1800s when people came to the west to look for gold and ... to long-term space habitation and exploration, living off of the Moon and asteroids represents ...

The space and equipment required to sustain ... "Mining and returning platinum or gold from asteroids could make a person a trillionaire overnight, with the potential to flip our entire economy ...

His company, AstroForge Inc., is among several startups that have studied the metallic composition of fallen asteroids and now want to mine them in outer space.

It is a so-called C-type asteroid, a species of space rubble that is heavy in carbon and represents about 75% of all known asteroids ... was made of polished gold, not glass.