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Supermassive Asteroid 33 Polyhymnia May Be Made Of Elements Beyond The Periodic Table

“In particular, some observed asteroids surpass this mass density threshold. Especially noteworthy is the asteroid 33 ...
SlashGear

The First Ever Asteroid Mining Mission Vanished In Space: Here's What Happened

This February, California-based asteroid mining startup AstroForge embarked on what it hoped would be one of the most important launches in history: the first commercial deep space mission. Strapped ...
Space.com

'Right now, we are in what has to be a Golden Age of asteroid exploration.' Scientists celebrate NASA's latest space rock flyby

"We're studying the leftover raw materials from the formation of the planets and trying to understand the history that made the Earth and our environment what it is." BOULDER, Colorado — Asteroid ...
Gizmodo

NASA’s Psyche Mission Suffers Strange Glitch on Its Way to a Metallic Asteroid

The Psyche spacecraft launched nearly two years ago and is currently on its way to rendezvous with a unique asteroid in an effort to understand the origins of Earth. Although it’s still a few years ...
Space.com

Could asteroid mining actually work? Maybe if we start with impact sites on the moon

"Can humanity enjoy the benefits of both asteroid and lunar mining without compromise, or do we have to choose one at the expense of the other?" GOLDEN, Colorado — There are those who envision big ...