Metal Asteroid News Today

The tech demo could one day help NASA missions probe deeper into space and uncover more discoveries about the origin of the universe.

NASA's Psyche spacecraft has successfully fired a laser in a deep-space test. NASA's Psyche spacecraft has successfully fired a laser in a deep-space test.

Discoveries from this metal-enriched asteroid have the capacity to enrich our comprehension of how planets come into existence.

NASA will today launch its mission to a distant asteroid called Psyche where it hopes to find nickel, gold and gemstones.

The craft is heading to a metal world — an asteroid called 16 Psyche — which telescopic observations suggest is made from up to 60% iron and nickel.

NASA's Psyche spacecraft rocketed away Friday on a six-year journey to a rare metal-covered asteroid.

NASAs first mission designed to study a metal-rich asteroid, Psyche, will also be the first planetary mission to launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.

NASA’s first mission to a metallic asteroid is attracting attention because of a claim it could be worth more than the global economy. Thats impossible—heres why.

NASA is on the cusp on a unique new mission when its Psyche spacecraft blasts off atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket later this week.

In less than 80 days NASA and SpaceX will launch a solar-powered spacecraft on a 2.5 billion miles (four billion kilometers) journey to reveal the truth about an aster...