Table salt found in asteroid shakes up how water surfaced on Earth

Researchers just can’t seem to keep their hands off asteroid Itokawa, and with good reason. Following on from the discovery of pyroxene, which contains water in its crystal structure, in a sample taken from the stony space mass, another team at the Uni… Continue reading Table salt found in asteroid shakes up how water surfaced on Earth

ISS receives prototype bacteria-based space mining kit

Stand by to start space mining – not on an asteroid, but aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Delivered to the station by an unmanned Dragon cargo ship on July 27, an experimental mining kit developed by a team led by the University … Continue reading ISS receives prototype bacteria-based space mining kit

NASA backs lunar exploration and asteroid mining technology concepts

NASA has greenlit two deep-space mining concepts for further development. The Phase III awards from the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program are worth up to US$2 million over a two-year period and will fund a project to develop an… Continue reading NASA backs lunar exploration and asteroid mining technology concepts

In ‘Soonish,’ a Scientist/Cartoonist Couple Predict Tomorrow’s Technologies

From asteroid mining to brain-computer interfaces, ‘Soonish’ explores ten developing technologies with the power to make the future awesome, awful, or a little of both. Continue reading In ‘Soonish,’ a Scientist/Cartoonist Couple Predict Tomorrow’s Technologies