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NASA is ready to embark on a groundbreaking mission to explore a metal-rich asteroid after fueling and testing procedures are completed. The Psyche spacecraft is designed to visit an intriguing asteroid, 16 Psyche, which orbits the Sun in the central asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. It appears to be an exposed nickel-iron core of an early planet, and scientists believe examining it could reveal how terrestrial worlds formed, including Earth. The Psyche team has been working around the clock

Millions of people in the Americas will be able to witness an astronomical treat on October 14 with a solar eclipse in which – weather permitting – the moon will be seen passing in front of the Sun. Known as an annular (Latin for “ring-shaped”) solar Eclipse, it will be visible along a path covering parts of the United States, Mexico, and several countries in Central America and South America. It’s not every day that the Earth, Moon, and Sun