The Moon is shifting from a distant backdrop to a very real industrial frontier, with governments and companies racing to ...

There are billions of dollars in it for companies able to kickstart mining operations, even if such returns are still years ...

April 2025 was a busy month for space. Pop icon Katy Perry joined five other civilian women on a quick jaunt to the edge of space, making headlines. Meanwhile, another group of people at the United ...

Space mining tech and robotic prospecting are unlocking extraterrestrial resources, reshaping future energy, manufacturing, ...

The moon is about to become the first extraterrestrial mining frontier, and most investors may be backing the wrong players. While venture capital pours into space startups promising to revolutionize ...

This article was originally featured on Undark. In April 2023, a satellite the size of a microwave launched to space. Its goal: to get ready to mine asteroids. While the mission, courtesy of a company ...

Space looks like the ultimate free-for-all: no borders, no fences, no neighbours complaining if you float a bit too close. [… ...

International Journal of the Commons, Vol. 18, No. 1 (2024), pp. 32-38 (7 pages) Boley, A., & Byers, M. (2020). U.S. policy puts the safe development of space at risk ...

The Wall Street Journal reported this week that a private space exploration start-up, Moon Express, is close to getting approval from the U.S. government for an unmanned mission to the Moon in 2017.