In an exclusive interview with Starlust.org, researcher outlines environmental risks and lack of legal framework.

TransAstra Corporation has laid out a plan to capture entire asteroids using inflatable bags, tow them closer to Earth, and extract water from them using concentrated sunlight. The approach, developed ...

Would-be regulators seem determined to insert themselves into the final frontier. The only saving grace is that if they want to assert their presence, they'll have to hitch a ride from a private space ...

Asteroids colliding with Earth might seem farfetched, but the planetary threat is real. Just this year news broke of an asteroid with a 1%–2% chance of a fatal collision occurring in 2032. While more ...

Work by a team of University of Adelaide scientists to perfect metal and mineral extraction processes is bringing the possibility of mining the wealth contained within asteroids closer to reality. But ...