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Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

coreyspowell ("Corey S Powell") wrote:

Psyche (the spacecraft) is headed to Psyche (the asteroid). Not just any asteroid, but a strange, metal-rich one.
It might be the exposed core of a protoplanet that was destroyed billions of years ago. But we won't know for sure until we get there.
Much more info about the mission here:
https://science.nasa.gov/mission/psyche/ #science #NASA

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• NASA's Psyche spacecraft takes a spiral path to asteroid Psyche, as depicted in this graphic that shows the path from above the plane of the planets, labeled with key milestones of the prime mission. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech