Mining the moon for helium-3: How real is the prospect, and is there a business case for such an undertaking?

The EU's Commissioner for Space and Defense, warns of the bloc losing influence in space as it expresses ambition to mine the moon and asteroids for resources. Faltering energy security and unstable ...

GOLDEN, Colorado — There are those who envision big bucks pouring in from the heavens by cashing in on resource-rich asteroids. In increasing number, probes are being dispatched by multiple countries ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Craters in the lunar surface are visible in this photo taken during the Apollo 11 mission. NASA via AP April 2025 was a busy month ...

Artificial Moonquakes on demand could help scientists investigate below the lunar surface. Here’s what they hope to find ...

SEATTLE and PELLA, Iowa, May 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Natural resources company Interlune and industrial equipment manufacturer Vermeer Corporation today unveiled the full-scale prototype of the ...

Would-be regulators seem determined to insert themselves into the final frontier. The only saving grace is that if they want ...

There are still some among us who believe the avalanche of missions to the Moon won't actually lead to anything remarkable, in the form of a permanent human presence up there, or an expansion ever ...

According to cosmonautics historian Alexander Zheleznyakov, to begin developing and extracting resources on other celestial bodies, it is necessary to create appropriate technologies and means of ...