NASA is sending a spacecraft to 16 Psyche - a giant metal asteroid made of metallic iron and nickel - in August 2022. The trip will try to identify whether or not the asteroid is actually the core of a planet that was destroyed by debris many years ago.

NASA is sending a spacecraft to 16 Psyche - a giant metal asteroid made of metallic iron and nickel - in August 2022. The trip will try to identify whether or not the asteroid is actually the core of a planet that was destroyed by debris many years ago.

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