The Psyche spacecraft has been steadily making its way to its asteroid target, a fascinating metal-rich asteroid also named Psyche. This world is believed to be what remains of the metallic core of an almost-planet, but the story might be a lot more complex, as recent research suggests. The mission still has a long way to go before reaching the asteroid, but it's testing its instruments, and that means taking pictures, including of us. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

Its latest image of Earth and the Moon came from multiple long exposure images (up to 10 seconds) taken by Psyche on July 20 and 23. The mission used its twin cameras to do that, which were used earlier this year to snap an image of Jupiter and Mars appea

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