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The samples' analysis could revolutionize our understanding of the solar system's history and the role of small celestial bodies in fostering life-friendly environments on Earth.
Psyche Mission Launches to Explore a Metal-Rich Asteroid
On October 13th, NASA's Psyche mission embarked on its six-year journey toward the asteroid 16 Psyche, a metal-rich body orbiting within the asteroid belt. This mission aims to study the asteroid in detail, as Psyche is believed to be a partial core of a protoplanet that once existed in the early solar system.