"Massive Asteroid Rich in $10 Quintillion Worth of Metals Nears US Grasp"

NASA is under 100 days away from launching a spacecraft to study the asteroid 16 Psyche, which is estimated to be worth $10 quintillion in gold, iron, and nickel. The spacecraft will be launched by SpaceX and will travel to the Main Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter. The mission aims to learn more about planetary cores and how planets form. While the potential for mining valuable minerals from asteroids is lucrative, it could also lead to a supply glut and drive metal prices down.