California-based TransAstra is testing an inflatable “Capture Bag” that comes in different sizes and is intended to catch ...

Space mining is not yet a reality, but private companies and governments are increasingly turning their attention to it as a ...

TransAstra, a Los Angeles startup, is working to capture asteroids in an inflatable bag. Yes, bagging up the rocks. The ...

A swarm of large asteroids likely lurking around Venus could one day pose an "invisible threat" to Earth if left unchecked, astronomers have warned in new research. The giant space rocks are believed ...

When Joel Sercel thinks about the promise of extracting valuable resources from asteroids for use in space, he recalls other world-changing technologies that exploded when the time and circumstances ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) announced the discovery of the 40,000th near-Earth asteroid, a lot more are still out there.

Space isn’t just the final frontier for exploration anymore, it’s becoming the next big resource grab. While most of us […] ...

On its way to Didymos and Dimorphos, Hera has found time to test its cameras in preparation for the big moment. The Hera mission to follow-up on the aftermath of NASA's DART asteroid crash has caught ...

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The asteroids are as large as around 75 and 91 feet in diameter, according to the Center for Near Earth Object Studies.

TransAstra has designed and tested the Capture Bag - an inflatable device available in various sizes, capable of capturing ...