For years, the future of space mining has been framed around asteroids drifting through the Solar System. But this episode ...

It was to swoop past 2022 OB5, a rocky asteroid island adrift in a starry sea, and take photographs of it. Odin successfully left its ride, headed into space—and vanished. The asteroid scout had ...

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 ...

As humanity edges closer to mining the moon, industry analysts warn that established mining companies, not venture-backed space startups, may dominate the emerging lunar resource sector. The space ...

Odin was dying in the dark. The angular 265-pound spacecraft with solar panel wings, giving it the appearance of a cyberpunk angel, was launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on February 26, 2025. It ...