The new image, which shows Earth along with an even smaller point of light coming from the moon, harkens back to Carl Sagan's ...

The Psyche spacecraft is on a six-year journey to reach a metal-rich asteroid by the same name. Well into its voyage, the ...

From nearly 290 million kilometers away, NASA’s Psyche spacecraft turned its gaze homeward and captured an arresting glimpse ...

The Psyche spacecraft has been steadily making its way to its asteroid target, a fascinating metal-rich asteroid also named ...

The long-exposure images, some lasting up to 10 seconds, show Earth and the Moon shining against a starry backdrop in the constellation Aries. These tests are critical for calibrating the spacecraft's ...

The photographs were taken during scheduled checkouts of the spacecraft’s science instruments, crucial for calibrating its ...

NASA's Psyche spacecraft is set to launch on Oct. 12, beginning its mission to investigate a giant metal asteroid of the same name and unravel the secrets of the early solar system.

Psyche is sometimes referred to as the "Gold-mine asteroid" because of the large quantities of iron and nickel on its surface. Scientists refer to it as a metal, or m-type, asteroid.

Getting off to a ground-shaking start, NASA's $1.2 billion Psyche asteroid probe roared into space atop a Falcon Heavy rocket Friday, setting off on a 2.2-billion-mile voyage to a rare, metal-rich ...

In 2022, NASA will launch a spacecraft to explore asteroid Psyche. But this is no ordinary asteroid: A new study finds it is almost completely made of metal.

Once inside the asteroid belt, the spacecraft will zero in on Psyche, a large, metal-rich asteroid that is thought to be the ancient core of an early planet.

During its cruise, Psyche will use Mars’ gravity to speed up and put it on the right path. When it gets close to asteroid Psyche in six years, the mission will spend 100 days in an approach phase.