Nineteenth-century Italian astronomer Annibale de Gasparis discovered 16 Psyche, an asteroid located between Mars and Jupiter. What makes this space rock special is that it is metal-rich, with some experts estimating it could be worth up to $10 quintillion in iron, nickel, platinum, and gold. If people could safely extract all of its materials and distribute them on Earth, the price of these metals would crater, making Grandpa Jimmy’s gold coins and bars worthless.
Well, humanity does not need to latch onto an asteroid to get gold. Instead, a San Francisco laboratory is turning mercury into the metal.
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