Water Found On Metallic Asteroid

Scientists have detected the presence of water on Psycho, a largest metallic asteroid in our solar system and the target of a proposed NASA mission. New observations from the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility in Hawaii show evidence of water or hydroxyl on its surface. While the source of these molecules on Psycho remains a mystery, Joshua Emery, from the University of Tennessee, said that water-rich minerals detected on the asteroid might have been delivered by carbonaceous asteroids that impacted Psyche in the distant past.