For a few months, the United States Space Agency (NASA) has a history of ups and downs with the asteroid Psyche 16. Last April it was announced that the organism programmed a mission to said cosmic ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Psyche spacecraft launched nearly two years ago and is currently on its way to rendezvous with a unique asteroid in an effort to understand the origins of Earth. Although it’s still a few years ...

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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 ...

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 is set to arrive at a main belt asteroid also named Psyche in 2029. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU AMSTERDAM — NASA has decided to switch to a backup propellant line on its Psyche ...

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 ...

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 ...