NASA’s Webb telescope has confirmed the presence of hydrated minerals on the surface of Psyche 16, a ... [+] massive and heavily metallic body in the main asteroid belt. NASA’s James Webb ...

Once at its target the NASA spacecraft will spend 26 months in orbit mapping and studying the asteroid’s properties. A team prepares NASA’s Psyche spacecraft for launch inside the Astrotech ...

Hydrated minerals have paradoxically been found by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) on the surface of 16 Psyche, a ...

Scientists believe this asteroid is rich in precious minerals, including gold, platinum, nickel, and iron and measuring ...

NASA will probe a unique asteroid that could hypothetically turn everyone on Earth into a multimillionaire due to its staggering value of £8,000,000,000,000,000,000 ($10 quintillion). The eye ...

NASA’s Psyche mission is already 16 million miles away from Earth, barreling toward its targeted asteroid, where it will conduct a full study of the cosmic body that shares its name. Now ...

What’s in a name? Well, when it comes to the asteroid Psyche, a whole lot. “Psyche” means “soul” in Greek, and this celestial body is thought to shine a light on just that: our soul ...

The asteroid, named 16 Psyche, is located in the Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter. It is thought to be chock-full of valuable metals like gold, platinum and cobalt and therefore possibly worth ...

Discovered in 1852, the asteroid 16 Psyche, composed largely of nickel and iron, is estimated to be worth $10,000 quadrillion. NASA launched the Psyche spacecraft in 2023 to study the asteroid ...

This image from a video animation provided by NASA in October 2023 depicts the spacecraft Psyche approaching the asteroid Psyche. A NASA spacecraft has rocketed away on a six-year journey to a ...

NASA has sent a rocket to explore an asteroid that is estimated to be worth around $10 quintillion. The asteroid, located between Mars and Jupiter, is called Psyche and is likely to have started ...