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Unbeievable!

China Joins Asteroid Mining Race; to Build Civilian and Military Bases on Asteroids

Experts calculate a single asteroid can possess some $95.8 trillion in mineral wealth.

Unbeievable!

Asteroid Mining will Make You Wealthy Beyond Your Wildest Dreams, says Goldman Sachs and Luxembourg

The champion of space mining is neither the United States nor Goldman Sachs, however. It's the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

Asteroid 2016 HO3 has an orbit around the sun that keeps it as a constant companion of Earth.

Earth Has Two Moons? Nope, Just a Small Asteroid 'Quasi-Satellite' Orbiting Earth

Astronomers have detected a small asteroid that became a constant companion of Earth, as it is also orbiting the sun along with Earth's orbit.

Old fashioned asteroid

NASA Project will turn Asteroids into Spaceships

The asteroid will become a programmed mechanical automata carrying out specific mission objectives.

This composite image made from nine frames shows the International Space Station, with a crew of six onboard, as it transits the moon at roughly five miles per second, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2015, Woodford, VA.

Asteroids Not Comets Brought Water to the Moon 4.5 Billion Years Ago

A new analysis of lunar rocks reveal how water on the moon was delivered by asteroids and not comets, revealing more clues about the formation of the solar system.

Illustration of the dust ring surrounding HD 181327

Scientists Detect Frozen Comets Surrounding Young Sun-like Star

Icy comets were detected to surround a young star similar to our sun, indicating that this new star system could hold clues about the formation of our solar system.

Impact Spherules

Evidence Found in Australia of Giant Asteroid That Hit Earth 3.4 Billion Years Ago

New evidence were found in Australia about the second largest asteroid impact on Earth, occurring billions of years ago.

To infinity and beyond!

NASA Moves Up First Launch of SLS/Orion to Sept. 2018

The first SLS mission is designated Exploration Mission 1 or EM-1.

Cascading comets around a distant star

Alien Megastructure Star Detected? No, Just Blame Blurry Instruments and Flawed Data

A new study investigates the bizarre dimming star that is believed to be caused by an alien megastructure, however, scientists believe this is just flawed data.

The Asteroid Redirect Vehicle conducts one of the 1 km fly-bys that are used to characterize and image the asteroid with a resolution of up to 1 cm.

How to Build a Death Star? NASA Engineer Says You Need An Asteroid

NASA JPL engineer reveals how an asteroid is the ideal site for building a real life Death Star.

The U.S. Congress just approved a space mining bill that will allow asteroid mining.

New U.S. Space Mining Law is Potentially Dangerous and Illegal

Experts and scientists weigh in on the new law just signed by U.S. President Barack Obama known as the U.S. Space Act that allows private space companies to mine asteroids.

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China’s Asteroid Flyby May Unlock Secrets of the Solar System

Researchers have published a paper detailing the observations of a Chinese lunar probe's flyby of a major asteroid, which they say could “provide the key to the formation of planets, the evolution of Solar system and the origin of life on the Earth.”

The U.S. Congress just approved a space mining bill that will allow asteroid mining.

Asteroid Mining Bill Approved by U.S. Congress

The United States Congress apparently passed its newest bill called the SPACE Act of 2015, allowing space mining companies to acquire resources from asteroids.

Target asteroid

NASA and ESA Plan to Deflect an Asteroid Headed for Earth in 2022

ESA's AIM and NASA's DART programs will serve as asteroid defense strategies that will target an astroid called Didymoon headed for Earth in 2022.

Asteroid 2004 BL86

Massive Asteroid that Just Missed Earth had its Own Moon

Asteroid 2004 BL86 measures about half a kilometer in length.

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