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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In October 2023, NASA launched a mission toward 16 Psyche, a massive gold and metal-rich asteroid orbiting between Mars and Jupiter. Estimated to hold precious metals worth around $100,000 quadrillion ...

This week in space we've got some beautiful maps of both the galaxy and NASA's next asteroid target, 16 Psyche. The James Webb Space Telescope is almost ready to science and there's a planetary ...

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 ...