On Saturday, March 21, a mysterious boom shook Texas, leaving residents startled and wondering what had caused such a dramatic sound. NASA has confirmed the source: a meteor traveling at an incredible 35,000 mph that exploded mid-air with the force of 26 tons of TNT.
Scientists have just discovered something that shouldn't exist according to our current understanding of physics. A massive asteroid the size of a small mountain is rotating so fast that it completes a full spin in less than two minutes—challenging everything we thought we knew about how celestial objects behave.
For over two centuries, scientists have been puzzled by the mysterious origins of asteroid 16 Psyche, the largest metallic asteroid in our solar system. Now, new crater analysis is finally offering clues about how this massive, metal-rich world came to be—and the answers are reshaping our understanding of planetary formation.