As concerns over Earth’s limited resources continue to grow, some entrepreneurs are eagerly looking beyond our planet to establish the next big business venture: asteroid mining. The prospect of ...

He is currently a self-funded academic visitor at UCLA. In late 2024, astronomers spotted asteroid 2024 YR4 on a trajectory that could potentially threaten Earth. This observation triggered a ...

Nvidia's GTC featured its first-ever Quantum Day, highlighting the next-gen field. Jensen Huang said the event was an apology for his previous comments dismissing the tech. Some panelists weren't ...

Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, hit a lot of high concepts and low-level tech speak at his GTC 2025 keynote speech last Tuesday at the sprawling SAP Center in San Jose, California. My big takeaway ...

A comment by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang offers us a clue. And you may be surprised by the answer. Before diving in, it's important to consider the subject of innovation, something very near and dear ...

Asteroid mining firms say mining for minerals on asteroids is just around the corner now, but not everyone is convinced (Credit: Getty Images) As an asteroid mining start-up's latest mission goes ...

In late 2024, astronomers spotted asteroid 2024 YR4 on a trajectory that could potentially threaten Earth. This observation triggered a fervid series of observations of the object – possibly as big as ...

Then there were others, such as the Great Dying and the Late Devonian extinction. An asteroid's impact killed the dinosaurs and is the only mass extinction we know about that was caused by an outer ...

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For a few days in mid-February, headlines around the world buzzed about the potential for an asteroid to hit the Earth in 2032 specifically, asteroid 2024 YR4. The chance of this impact rose to a ...