On Tuesday (April 29), NASA announced that its Psyche probe has suffered a setback concerning its propulsion system while nearly 150 million miles (238 million kilometers) from our planet. The boxy, ...

NASA’s Psyche probe, on a mission to explore the metal-rich asteroid 16 Psyche, recently captured remarkable images of Earth and the Moon from 180 million miles away. These stunning visuals, taken ...

A NASA spacecraft bound for an unexplored metal-rich asteroid has reignited its plasma thrusters, continuing its cruise deeper into the Solar System after switching to a backup fuel line. The $1.4 ...

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Artist's impression of 16 Psyche a typical M-type asteroid. (CREDIT: NASA) Asteroids have long been described as the leftover pieces from the solar system’s early construction. They are like the ...

PHOENIX — There is thought to be a metal asteroid in space called 16 Psyche, quite a change from an asteroid’s normal composition of rocky or icy bodies. The asteroid is considered to have a core ...

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft, located nearly 150 million miles from Earth on the way to an unexplored metal asteroid, has stopped firing its engines after detecting a problem in its propulsion system.

NASA has moved a mission to visit asteroid 16 Psyche to 2026. The asteroid is estimated to be worth more than $10,000 quadrillion — more than the global economy — thanks to the nickel-iron metal that ...

NASA’s Psyche mission to visit a gargantuan asteroid — worth, according to some estimates, more than the Earth’s entire world economy — has hit a snag. On Tuesday, the space agency announced that ...

NASA's Psyche mission is set to arrive at a main belt asteroid also named Psyche in 2029. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU WASHINGTON — NASA is investigating a problem with the electric propulsion system ...