NASA is visiting an asteroid valued at more than the entire world economy's worth, but that's not why it's going there

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An artistic concept of what Psyche might look like.

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NASA probe heads for metal-rich asteroid worth $10 quintillion after launch on SpaceX rocket

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16 Psyche asteroid
A large metallic asteroid named 16 Psyche that could contain trillions of dollars in raw materials.

NASA concept image

A rare solar eclipse is happening in the US this weekend and 68 million Americans have the chance to see it. Here's when, where, and how to see this spectacular 'ring of fire' safely.

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An annular solar eclipse as seen by Japan's Hinode spacecraft.

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NASA's Hubble spots a mysterious flash in the middle of nowhere that defies science

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An artist's illustration shows a bright flash of blue light happening away from a galaxy.
Scientists have spotted a mysterious flash of blue light, and they don't know what is causing it.

NASA, ESA, NSF's NOIRLab, Mark Garlick , Mahdi Zamani

Amazon launches its first internet satellites as Jeff Bezos looks to rival SpaceX's Starlink

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A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying the first two demonstration satellites for Amazon's Project Kuiper broadband internet constellation lifts off from pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States on October 6, 2023
A rocket holding the first two demonstration satellites for Amazon's Project Kuiper broadband internet network blasts off.

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4 experts explain why Elon Musk's plan to colonize Mars is 'romanticized', not 'realistic', 'cosmic vandalism'

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Elon Musk poses with a SpaceX rocket in El Segundo, Los Angeles, in March 2004.

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SpaceX's mega-rocket has a 'decent chance' of making orbit on its next flight, Musk said. Last time, Starship blew up the launchpad and exploded in mid-air.

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Side by side images show Starship lifting off in a cloud of smoke on April 20, next to a picture of the rocket tumbling out of control and spewing flames before blowing up.
Two images from Starship's first fully integrated launch in April show the rocket taking off then tumbling out of control before blowing up

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NASA caught a 1.2 mile-high Martian dust devil on camera and scientists say it's way bigger than whirlwinds on Earth

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The dust devil appears as a white-ish moving column in the distance.

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Mercury is slowly shrinking, and it's giving the planet wrinkles

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A picture shows Mercury colored in shades of yellow and blue to reflect variation in its composition. the planet appears covered in craters and cracks.
A false-color picture of Mercury shows variations in its surface. The image was placed on a grey background.

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In a first-ever for space junk, Dish Network was fined $150,000 for leaving a retired satellite to orbit indefinitely in the wrong place

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An illustration of space junk. Satellites and debris are not to scale.

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