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
BEAR YOUR EAR A cone-shaped object that was photographed by a Mars rover and suspected by a scientist has now been identified. The strangely shaped object was photographed by NASA’s Curiosity rover in August 2022 in Gale Crater, near the equator of Mars. “We have seen many Martian rocks that show shapes that, from a … Read more