Is Space Mining Our Future Gold Mine? This video explores the potential of asteroid mining for rare-earth metals and minerals ...
2025 marked the first official year of our newest citizen science effort, Satellite Surveillance, which delivered major ...
An artist's rendering of 2025 MN45 - the fastest-rotating asteroid with a diameter over 500 meters that scientists have ever found. Photo: NSF-DOE ...
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What are asteroids made of?

When we look up at the night sky, we tend to see asteroids as simple, wandering rocks—the leftover debris from […] ...
We already know that Oregon has some of the darkest skies in the country, so perhaps it’s no surprise that our state is also ...
New research suggests that essential components of life may assemble in interstellar space long before planets or oceans ...
From a return of humans to lunar orbit, to Japan's first crack at Mars, advanced space travel and exploration is set to ...
Why could Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin not attend the 'Board of Peace' signing in Davos overnight?What material ...
3I/ATLAS is the third interstellar visitor ever to visit the solar system having been formed around a distant star. Tune in ...
"It is exciting to think that Little Red Dots may represent the first direct observational evidence of the birth of the most ...
Scientists have discovered that hydrogen cyanide forms strange "icy cobwebs" at low temperatures. These structures act as a ...
New Scientist. In each episode, hosts Leah Crane and Chelsea Whyte explore what would happen if they were given cosmic powers ...