
Psyche Asteroid Mission Set for Launch October 5th
NASA’s newest mission is bound for the metallic asteroid of the same name. The metal-rich rock offers us a view of asteroid interiors.

Iron Volcanos: Maybe Not Science Fiction After All
A new study of asteroid 16 Psyche suggests that ferrovolcanism, volcanoes that spewed molten iron, might have been present on this object.

Psyche: A Metal-Rock World with Iron Lava?
New observations suggest the main-belt asteroid Psyche is an intriguing world, possibly one with volcanic flows of iron on its surface.

Mission to Asteroid Psyche to Launch Earlier Than Anticipated
The Psyche mission to asteroid 16 Psyche had its launch date pushed up — and will now arrive well before originally planned.

Astronomy in Space with David Dickinson
NASA's Lucy & Psyche Asteroid Missions
Last week, NASA announced two new missions set to explore the earliest remnants of the solar system: asteroid 16 Psyche and Jupiter's Trojan asteroids.