Metal asteroids may have once had iron-spewing volcanoes
An upcoming NASA mission could look for signs of past ‘ferrovolcanism’ on asteroid Psyche
FULL METAL ASTEROID Long ago, molten iron could have erupted from the metal asteroid Psyche (illustrated in cross section) in a process dubbed ferrovolcanism, new studies suggest.
Elena Hartley
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