When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Proof that metal-spewing vents caused Psyche's metallic sheen includes metal flows — akin to ...

Later this year, NASA is set to launch a probe the size of a tennis court to the asteroid belt, a region between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter where remnants of the early solar system circle the sun.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have ...

It’s not just hard rock, it’s metal. Credit: NASA Last week, NASA’s Psyche spacecraft launched successfully from the Kennedy Space Center. It’s now on a six-year trip to an asteroid, also called ...

The spacecraft's twin cameras have produced a 68-image stellar mosaic. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. It was a big day for ...

Scientists have speculated that Psyche is the remnant of a planetesimal, the leftover metallic core of a failed planet. Further observations of the asteroid could hold clues to Psyche's chemical ...

NASA's Psyche spacecraft has reached another milestone after it captured its "first light" images following its successful departure on Earth on October 13. Currently positioned 16 million miles away ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. (CNN/CNN Newsource/WKRC) - NASA launched the very first mission to explore a mysterious "metal world" in the outer asteroid belt. The Psyche mission lifted off Friday ...

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NASA has launched a probe in the direction of a great metal asteroid called Psyche, located in the main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. The asteroid is of great interest to both ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s Psyche ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Psyche spacecraft rocketed away Friday on a six-year journey to a rare metal-covered asteroid. Most asteroids tend to be rocky or icy, and this is the first exploration ...