Scientists have long been intrigued by a large potato-shaped asteroid, called 16 Psyche, which they suspect is rich in iron – so it could be very lucrative for future asteroid mining. The 173-kilometer object, which orbits the Sun in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, has two large crater-like areas, which researchers say may … Read more
Sign up to see the future, today I can’t miss the innovations from the edge of science and technology Scientists have long been intrigued by a large potato-shaped asteroid, called 16 Psyche, which they suspect is rich in iron – so it could be very lucrative for future asteroid mining. The 173-kilometer object, which orbits … Read more
A hundred years ago, Albert Einstein predicted that massive objects in orbit would send small spirals into space themselves and gradually line up together. Astronomers are now watching that process happen, step by step, in dying stars about 4,000 light-years from Earth. Their slow collision is not just cosmic drama. It gives scientists the clearest … Read more