It will then take at least 21 months to map orbit and study the asteroid’s properties. Since 16 Psyche is so bright and dense, it's thought to be metallic. At about 140 miles (225 kilometers ...

Its unusual composition of iron and nickel has led to speculation that 16 Psyche ... 26 months in orbit mapping and studying the asteroid’s properties. A team prepares NASA’s Psyche spacecraft ...

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

The craft is heading to a metal world - an asteroid called 16 Psyche - which telescopic observations ... at the asteroid in August 2029, it will orbit at various distances - the shortest being ...

An curved arrow pointing right. NASA's Dawn spacecraft has been in orbit around the giant asteroid Ceres for more than a year. During that time, it has spotted features on this mysterious world ...

16 Psyche is ... with a separate asteroid mission called Lucy. The Lucy mission will launch in 2021 to explore the Trojans, a group of asteroids that share Jupiter's orbit around the Sun.

beginning its six-year journey to its home in the asteroid belt. Once it arrives, it will continue to orbit Psyche for two ... officially named 16 Psyche, from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope ...

Psyche, also known as 16 Psyche, was the 16th asteroid ever discovered, by an Italian astronomer named Annibale de Gasparis in 1852. Gasparis named it after the Greek goddess of the soul ...