NASA’s Webb telescope has confirmed the presence of hydrated minerals on the surface of Psyche 16, a ... [+] massive and heavily metallic body in the main asteroid belt. NASA’s James Webb ...

Its unusual composition of iron and nickel has led to speculation that 16 Psyche could be worth about $10,000 quadrillion. Perhaps more importantly, it will give planetary scientists a chance to ...

The asteroid, named 16 Psyche, is located in the Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter. It is thought to be chock-full of valuable metals like gold, platinum and cobalt and therefore possibly ...

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

Within that asteroid belt is a space rock known as 16 Psych, and it’s a serious heavyweight ... new research suggests that Psyche might be entirely made up of metal, meaning that it might ...

The robotic adventurer is called Psyche, and its namesake is the giant rock that guides its journey: 16 Psyche. However, Psyche has a side quest, too: Laser communications. Aboard Psyche ...

16 Psyche is part of the asteroid belt - the sprawling mass of planetary leftovers that orbits the Sun between Mars and Jupiter. About the size of the US state of Massachusetts, Psyche is the ...

NASA will probe a unique asteroid that could hypothetically turn everyone on Earth into a multimillionaire due to its staggering value of £8,000,000,000,000,000,000 ($10 quintillion). The eye ...

Artist's impression of Nasa's Psyche probe approaching the 16 Psyche asteroid Nasa will launch its Psyche spacecraft in summer 2023 to explore an asteroid called 16 Psyche, thought to be the ...

Psyche was discovered by Italian astronomer Annibale de Gasparis on 17 March 1852. It is sometimes referred to as 16 Psyche - as it was the sixteenth asteroid to be discovered - and it was named after ...