When we eventually mine asteroids, humans and robots will not leave unprotected microbes on the surface. Instead, machines ...
British engineers who are perfecting a technique for transforming moondust into oxygen have made a breakthrough that could shape the future of space exploration. Using specially designed pilot ...
Microbes could be the future space miners, helping humans survive on long-term missions by ...
A fungus aboard the ISS extracted palladium from meteorite rock, hinting at future space mining powered by living microbes.
Finding resources far from Earth is a well-known spaceflight limitation, but metal-harvesting microbes provide a way to tap ...
Iron ore constituted 93% of total metals mined, emphasizing its crucial role in steel production. Industrial metals like copper and aluminum made up 6.6% of the total, with China leading in aluminum ...