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Trillion dollars' worth of platinum waiting to be mined on the moon

Mining craters on the moon could be more practical than extracting precious metals from asteroids, but it might also introduce new legal difficulties

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An artist impression of Earth quasi-satellite Kamo`oalewa near the Earth-Moon system. (Image credit: Addy Graham/University of Arizona)

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China is readying a mission to two rocky bodies in our solar system

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The race to visit the asteroid making the closest pass by Earth

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Asteroid 2024 YR4 could still hit the moon, JWST observations reveal

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The asteroid Bennu is even weirder than we thought

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Asteroid 2024 YR4 will now almost certainly miss Earth in 2032

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Odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth in 2032 have fallen again

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There’s a tiny chance the asteroid headed for Earth could hit the moon

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Asteroid 2024 YR4 may hit Earth in 2032 – how worried should we be?

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Building-sized asteroid has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032

The asteroid is unlikely to be cause for concern, but its detection has triggered planetary defence response procedures for the first time

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Earth had a temporary mini-moon that was a chunk of the real moon

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A small asteroid hit Earth and burned up over Siberia

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Bacteria found in asteroid sample – but they're not from space

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What preparing for an asteroid strike teaches us about climate change

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