Psyche’s iron alone is thought to be worth a mind-boggling £8,000 quadrillion
A giant asteroid known as 16 Psyche contains enough precious heavy metals to make everyone on Earth a billionaire.
The asteroid, which is about 140 miles wide and orbits the Sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, is the target of a NASA mission launching in 2022.
The mission aims to determine whether the asteroid is the exposed core of a former planet – something that could reveal how the Earth was formed ... Read even more
