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There Might Be Water on the Surface of the Metal Asteroid Psyche


NASA probe heads for an asteroid known as Psyche, telescopes have been probing it to prepare for the arrival. Data from the James Webb Space Telescope has found something quite unexpected on the surface - hydrated molecules and maybe even water! The origin of the water is cause for much speculation, maybe it came from under the surface or from chemical interactions with the solar wind! Asteroid Psyche was discovered in 1852 by the Italian astronomer Annibale de Gasparis.

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