NASA Fears That The So-Called Golden Asteroid Mining Could Cripple World’s Economy
The US space agency, NASA, will be visiting a rather particular golden asteroid for asteroid mining operations. One with the…
We Could Explore Asteroids Forever With Steam-Propelled Spacecraft
Scientists have developed a steam-propelled spacecraft that could work forever and jump from asteroid to asteroid to conduct experiments, map…
Update: Japan’s Rovers Successfully Land on Asteroid Ryugu
The two hopping robots that were deployed from Hayabusa2 finally reconnected with the mothership and sent images back to Earth…
Asteroid-Hopping Robots Deployed by Hayabusa2 on Ryugu
Shortly after the Hayabusa2 probe sent of two small rovers to approach and land on the asteroid Ryugu, the team…
Scientists Want to Pull Asteroids Into Earth’s Orbit – A Good Idea or the Beginning of the End?
It sounds like a scenario of an apocalyptic movie, right? An asteroid ready to collide with Earth isn’t something we…
Could Chinese Scientists Intercept an Asteroid and Steer it to Earth?
There have been many occasions when space agencies managed to see asteroids and study them up close. So far, scientists…