Luis Zea is investigating the possibility of mining metals from asteroids in space using an unlikely agent: bacteria. It may sound like science fiction, but so-called biomining is already a reality on Earth. Now, Zea, and his co-investigator Jesse Colangelo in the °ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û2023¿ª½±¼Ç¼’s Department of Geological Sciences...