NASA is preparing to explore and analyze an asteroid that could be the ancient core of an early planet.
The Psyche spacecraft will launch later this year and perform a gravity assist around Mars in 2023 before reaching the asteroid 16 Psyche in 2026.
16 Psyche is a large, metal-rich asteroid that was once estimated to contain $700 quintillion worth of heavy metals, though newer readings suggest this may have been wildly overestimated. In any case, there's only one way to truly find out: analyze the asteroid on location.
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