![Asteroid danger: Mining asteroids for rare metals could send them straight at Earth | Science | News | Express.co.uk Asteroid danger: Mining asteroids for rare metals could send them straight at Earth | Science | News | Express.co.uk](https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/151/750x445/1161714.jpg)
Asteroid danger: Mining asteroids for rare metals could send them straight at Earth | Science | News | Express.co.uk
![Selective separation could help alleviate critical metals shortage | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Selective separation could help alleviate critical metals shortage | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology](https://news.mit.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_article__image_gallery/public/images/202112/MIT-Separating-Metals-01-0PRESS_0.jpg?itok=Sn6MCmdP)
Selective separation could help alleviate critical metals shortage | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
![This asteroid is packed with so much precious metal that it can make every single person on the earth a billionaire and now NASA is sending a spacecraft to study it - This asteroid is packed with so much precious metal that it can make every single person on the earth a billionaire and now NASA is sending a spacecraft to study it -](https://luxurylaunches.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/asteroid-filled-with-precious-metals.jpg)
This asteroid is packed with so much precious metal that it can make every single person on the earth a billionaire and now NASA is sending a spacecraft to study it -
![This Metal-Rich, Potato-Shaped Asteroid Could Be Worth $10 Quintillion | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine This Metal-Rich, Potato-Shaped Asteroid Could Be Worth $10 Quintillion | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine](https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/nb5NVs8Lf6qnQVz0qdv-3CPwos0=/fit-in/1600x0/filters:focal(521x292:522x293)/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/70/24/7024228a-06a5-4e23-be8d-5237a028a518/pia24472-psyche-asteroid-illustration-16_0.jpg)