Psyche: Unexpected discoveries on a metal world

Oct. 21, 2016
Daniel Stolte, University Communications

A large asteroid thought to be the metallic core of a destroyed proto-planet appears to have molecules on its surface that shouldn't be there, according to a new study — unless they were delivered by other asteroids.

An artist’s concept of the Psyche spacecraft

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