GOLDEN, Colorado — There are those who envision big bucks pouring in from the heavens by cashing in on resource-rich asteroids. In increasing number, probes are being dispatched by multiple countries ...

An asteroid named '16 Psyche' has a keen way of keeping scientists on their toes, sending mixed signals for its composition, ...

Somewhere between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, a giant metallic world drifts silently through deep space. Unlike ordinary ...

Mining asteroids for metals and fuel may enable sustainable Mars colonies by reducing reliance on Earth-based resources and ...

Space mining often sounds like a fast route to endless metals. In practice, the first question is simple: what are small asteroids actually made of, in measurable detail? Researchers at the Institute ...

Asteroid mining seems simple in theory. A spacecraft flies up to a giant rock in space, scoops out some material, and either ...

This is a colored view of the C-type asteroid 162173 Ryugu, seen by the ONC-T camera on board of Hayabusa2. Source - ISAS/JAXA, CC SA 4.0. This is a colored view of the C-type asteroid 162173 Ryugu, ...

NASA's Psyche probe was headed for a close encounter with Mars on Friday and a planned gravity boost to set the spacecraft on ...

Scientists believe that future human settlements on Mars may rely on metals extracted from asteroids for construction.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Several space missions have flown by asteroids before and gotten a peek at their compositions, but bringing a sample back to Earth ...