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Mining an asteroid probably won't look exactly like mining does on Earth, but some principles will stay the same. posteriori/iStock via Getty ImagesThe cars, cellphones, computers and televisions that people in the U.S. use every day require metals like copper, cobalt and platinum to build. Demand from the electronics industry for these metals is only rising, and companies are constantly searching for new places on Earth to mine them. Scientists estimate that lots of these metals exist thou...

Science News: Astroforge, a California-based company, is creating a spacecraft called Brokkr-2 with the goal of commercializing space mining. The spacecraft will be

According to The Brainy Insights, the global space mining market size was valued at USD 947.56 million in 2020 and it is expected to be worth around USD...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s Psyche spacecraft rocketed away Friday on a six-year journey to a rare metal-covered asteroid.Most asteroids tend to be rocky

NASA, with the help of SpaceX, launched its Psyche spacecraft on Friday, with the aim to meet up with the Psyche asteroid in 2029.

The Psyche mission will arrive at the metallic asteroid — also known as M-type, and it’s the largest in the solar system — in 2029 and study it in orbit for about two years.

An American space agency (Nasa) probe has left Earth to visit one of the most unusual objects in the Solar System. The craft is heading to a metal world - an asteroid called 16 Psyche - which telescopic observations suggest is made from up to 60% iron and nickel. The launch of the investigating spacecraft, also named Psyche, took place from Cape Canaveral in Florida.

NASA's upcoming Psyche mission could be incredibly valuable — not only for planetary science but also for the budding asteroid mining industry.

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Not only is he the Queen guitarist, but he is also an astrophysicist who recently helped NASA return its first ever asteroid sample to Earth.