"NASA's Psyche Mission: Unveiling the Secrets of a Metal Asteroid"
TL;DR
NASA's Psyche mission, set to launch on October 12, aims to study the metal-rich asteroid 16 Psyche, which is believed to be the leftover iron core of a planet. Scientists have used infrared instruments like the James Webb Space Telescope and the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy to gather preliminary data on the asteroid. The findings suggest that 16 Psyche is mostly metal and lacks significant variation in rotation. However, further investigation will be conducted by the Psyche spacecraft, which will employ various technologies to study the asteroid up close upon its arrival in 2029.
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