Nasa has successfully launched its Psyche spacecraft on a mission to study the largest of the metal-rich asteroids in the solar system, believed to have been formed 4.5 billion years ago.
Nasa’s Psyche spacecraft rocketed away on Friday on a six-year journey to a rare metal-covered asteroid.
Most asteroids tend to be rocky or icy, and this i
Most asteroids tend to be rocky or icy, and this is the first exploration of a metal world. It may shed light on what is happening in the Earth’s core.