Asian Spectator

Times Advertising

NASA's robotic prospectors are helping scientists understand what asteroids are made of – setting the stage for miners to follow someday

  • Written by Valerie Payré, Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa
NASA's robotic prospectors are helping scientists understand what asteroids are made of – setting the stage for miners to follow somedayMining an asteroid probably won't look exactly like mining does on Earth, but some principles will stay the same. posteriori/iStock via Getty Images

The cars, cellphones, computers and televisions that people in the U.S. use every day require metals like copper, cobalt and platinum to build. Demand from the electronics industry for these metals is...

More Articles ...

  1. Modern medicine has its scientific roots in the Middle Ages − how the logic of vulture brain remedies and bloodletting lives on today
  2. Biden administration executive order tackles AI risks, but lack of privacy laws limits reach
  3. Kristallnacht, 85 years ago, marks the point Hitler moved from an emotional antisemitism to a systematic antisemitism of laws and government violence
  4. Texas tried to fix its teacher shortage by lowering requirements − the result was more new teachers, but at lower salaries
  5. Secure attachment to both parents − not just mothers − boosts children’s healthy development
  6. How Houthi attacks affect both the Israel-Hamas conflict and Yemen's own civil war – and could put pressure on US, Saudi Arabia
  7. Gaza bombing adds to the generations of Palestinians displaced from their homes
  8. Friendship research is getting an update – and that's key for dealing with the loneliness epidemic
  9. Endometriosis afflicts millions of women, but few people feel comfortable talking about it
  10. Despite his government's failure to anticipate Hamas' deadly attack, don't count Netanyahu out politically

Magazine

Krisis ojol: Promo selalu mencekik pengemudi, jam-jam padat malah bikin rugi

● Masyarakat makin sering mengeluhkan langkanya ojol di waktu-waktu tertentu.● Padahal seharusnya upah yang didapat para ojol meningkat jika melihat meroketnya tarif yang dibebankan kepada...

Benarkah sering ejakulasi bisa kurangi risiko kanker prostat? Jawabannya tidak sesederhana itu

Kanker prostat menempati urutan kedua global sebagai jenis kanker paling banyak didiagnosis pada laki-laki, setelah kanker paru-paru. Di Inggris, kanker prostat merupakan kanker yang paling umum diala...

Jejak pengetahuan astronomi Nusantara sejak lebih dari 1000 tahun lalu: Dari candi hingga prasasti kuno

● Astronomi Indonesia telah berkembang sejak abad ke-7 dan ke-8 Masehi, jauh sebelum Observatorium Bosscha berdiri pada 1920.● Pendekatan astro-arkeologi mengungkap bahwa orientasi candi e...