NASA turns asteroid hunter again! Here is what Psyche spacecraft is looking for

NASA turns asteroid hunter again! Here is what Psyche spacecraft is looking for

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft has been successfully launched, embarking on a groundbreaking mission to explore an asteroid of the same name, which is a metal-rich world that holds the potential to shed light on the formation of rocky planets. Integrated onto the Psyche spacecraft is NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications technology demonstration, aimed at testing deep … Read more

Five things to know about NASA’s mission to a metal world

Five things to know about NASA’s mission to a metal world

For the first time ever, a NASA probe is journeying to an object composed not of rock, ice, or gas, but metal: the asteroid Psyche. By studying this space oddity, scientists hope to learn more about the inner cores of rocky planets such as our own — or, potentially catalog a previously unknown class of … Read more