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Video: Nasa spacecraft launches for rare metal asteroid in first mission of its kind

Nasa's Psyche spacecraft launched on Friday on a six-year journey to a rare metal-covered asteroid. Most asteroids tend to be rocky or icy, and this is the first exploration of a metal world. Scientists believe it may be the battered remains of an early planet's core, and could shed light on the inaccessible centres of Earth and other rocky planets.

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