NASA is embarking on an exciting new mission to explore a mysterious metal world located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. The mission, named Psyche, will launch in 2023 and set out to explore the metal asteroid 16 Psyche, a 130-mile-wide object made of iron, nickel, and other metals. This will be the first mission of its kind, as 16 Psyche is thought to be the exposed core of a protoplanet, which is a planet that failed to fully form in the early days of the solar system. During the mission, Psyche will study the asteroid’s surface composition, investigate the origin of 16 Psyche, and search for clues to the formation of our solar system.

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source: Phys.org