Asteroid mining has moved from science fiction pitch decks into serious technical studies, but the gap between concept and commercial reality remains wide. A new wave of research is trying to quantify ...

Asteroid mining has shifted from science fiction to business plan, with serious money and engineering talent now chasing metals and water locked inside near‑Earth rocks. The promise is simple but ...

Nearly 1,000 marine scientists and policy experts have similarly voiced their opposition. Even the surface of the moon is ...

A Small Oil Company Polluted Midland’s Water Reserve. The Cleanup Has Dragged on for Years. Duke Energy Plans to Build a Massive Natural Gas Power Plant in Davidson County. But Where, Exactly? New EPA ...

Bitcoin mining’s space race is to put a miner in space and on the moon. The idea is crazy, but Nick Moran of Intercosmic Energy thinks it has merits. The building blocks that will serve as the ...

Deep-sea mining targets mineral deposits on the ocean floor, typically at depths of 3,000–6,000 meters. Most attention focuses on polymetallic nodules—potato-sized rocks lying on abyssal plains—and on ...