Yahoo

Psyche spacecraft's sci-fi thrusters suffer glitch on way to metal-rich asteroid

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, ...
SpaceNews

Asteroid 16 Psyche Might Not Be What Scientists Expected

The widely studied metallic asteroid known as 16 Psyche was long thought to be the exposed iron core of a small planet that failed to form during the earliest days of the solar system. But new ...
Forbes

Quadrillion-Dollar ‘Psyche’ Asteroid Is Even Weirder Than We Thought Say Scientists

A unique metal asteroid orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter may turn out to be a pile of rubble much like Bennu, the asteroid recently sampled by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. About 230 million ...
Forbes

Scientists Probe Huge Crater On ‘Psyche,’ The Massive Metal Asteroid Worth More Than Our Global Economy

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A NASA spacecraft will depart this August on a mission to ...
CNET

'$10,000 quadrillion' asteroid Psyche may not be as valuable as first thought

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. You may ...
Newsweek

Asteroid 16 Psyche Thought to Be Worth $10,000 Quadrillion Could Be a ‘Rubble Pile’

An asteroid that scientists have previously estimated to be worth a staggering $10,000 quadrillion due to the potential value of its resources could be a "rubble pile," the lead author of a new study ...
Couriermail

NASA to explore heavy metal asteroid 16 Psyche that could make everyone rich

Scott Moore, the CEO of Toronto-based EuroSun mining, predicts the space race will turn to gold in the future. “The ‘Titans of Gold’ now control hundreds of the best-producing properties around the ...
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NASA sets its sights on 16 Psyche, an asteroid containing $10,000 quadrillion in iron

Somewhere in the asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, a giant asteroid measuring 130 miles in diameter orbits the sun. The asteroid, called 16 Psyche, is unique: While most have icy ...
Daily Mail

Psyche spreads its wings: NASA puts finishing touches on spacecraft that will visit a '$10,000 QUADRILLION space rock' packed full of precious metals

The launch of an exciting mission that will confirm if an asteroid near Mars is worth an unimaginable amount of money is now just two months away. NASA's Psyche spacecraft has had its two jumbo solar ...
Daily Mail

The hunt for 'iron volcanoes' on a metal world: NASA mission targets space rock the size of Massachusetts thought to be the core of a dead planet

The largest metallic asteroid known to science could be covered in iron volcanoes, experts say. A space rock the size of Massachusetts, dubbed 16 Psyche, is thought to the be remains of a dead ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Why is NASA going to visit the giant metal asteroid 16 Psyche?

Hiding in the belt of frozen rocks between Mars and Jupiter is a body like nothing else in the solar system. The odds of it even existing are tiny. Its name is 16 Psyche. At 210 kilometres wide, it is ...