NASA is preparing to launch its first mission to return a sample of an asteroid to Earth. The mission will help scientists investigate how planets formed and how life began, as well as improve our understanding of asteroids that could impact Earth.
A small asteroid has been discovered in an orbit around the sun that keeps it as a constant companion of Earth, and it will remain so for centuries to come.
As humanity gobbles up natural resources to satisfy the demands of economic expansion, a growing number of enterprising corporations are eyeing outer space as the next source of valuable commodities.
Luxembourg aims to profit from mining the natural resources thought to exist on asteroids, the government said
The rock formation C/2014 S3 (PANSTARRS) was a rock that was around since the creation of the Earth, and scientists have taken it out from the freezer it was kept in.
