Space.com

NASA's Psyche metal asteroid mission will have a big impact on astronomy. Here's how

"Our basic scientific understanding is going to be updated, and that's why we need to go." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Five ...
Houston Chronicle

Asteroid worth $10,000 quadrillion is now visible from Earth

The enormous asteroid has been estimated to be worth $10,000 quadrillion—more than the entire economy on our planet—due to the high quantities of precious metals it contains, including gold, iron and ...
Science Friday

What Should Astronauts Do First When They Reach Mars?

A new report lays out the objectives for a crewed mission to Mars. Plus, an update on the NASA mission to survey the asteroid ...
Engadget

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft embarks on a six-year journey to its asteroid namesake

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft has blasted off and begun a six-year, 2.2-billion-mile journey to a peculiar asteroid. Astronomers have speculated that the space rock, also named Psyche, was once the partial ...
Digital Trends

Psyche spacecraft sends data back to Earth using lasers for the first time

NASA’s experimental laser communication system, riding along with the Psyche spacecraft, has hit another milestone. The system was recently used to transmit Psyche data from over 140 million miles ...
Digital Trends

There’s a problem with the futuristic thrusters on NASA’s Psyche spacecraft

This artist’s concept depicts NASA’s Psyche spacecraft headed to the metal-rich asteroid Psyche in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. The spacecraft launched in October 2023 and will ...
Space.com

NASA's Psyche probe will launch to a metal asteroid on Oct. 12 — and scientists are sneaking a peek at the target

Major telescopes are hitting limits while studying Psyche, which is why scientists are excited. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.
Astronomy

NASA’s Psyche mission to a metal world may reveal the mysteries of Earth’s interior

French novelist Jules Verne delighted 19th-century readers with the tantalizing notion that a journey to the center of the Earth was actually plausible. Since then, scientists have long acknowledged ...
Astronomy on MSN

The sky today on Sunday, January 11: Psyche moves north of Aldebaran

Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. January 10: Jupiter reaches opposition The ...
CNN

Psyche mission launches as NASA’s first trip to a metal world

NASA has launched its first mission to a mysterious world made largely of metal, on a journey to find out whether the asteroid is the exposed core of an early planetary building block from the ...
The Hill

NASA’s Psyche asteroid mission is on track for 2023 launch, review board determines

An independent review board gave NASA’s Psyche mission the green light and its seal of approval following a scathing review in 2022. The Psyche mission, which will head to the asteroid belt, was ...