Studying results of missions to metallic asteroids could help defend Earth from future impact threats - Santa Fe New Mexican

Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory will examine the results of NASA missions to 16 Psyche and Dimorphos in 2022.

This summer, NASA will launch its first mission to a metallic asteroid, 16 Psyche, in the main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Previous missions have explored rocky and icy aste… [+5591 chars]

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