Every time we hear of a new near-Earth object (NEO) being discovered, our hearts skip a beat, and our brains go “what if this is the one that ends all life on Earth?” Something like this happened last ...
Surveyor 2 launched on a Centaur/Atlas rocket in September of 1966. The upper stage, called Centaur, was lost in space until it returned to Earth's orbit this November. Courtesy of NASA / 1966 In ...
Asteroid 2020 SO could be the Centaur upper rocket stage that successfully propelled Nasa’s Surveyor 2 lander to the moon. The game may be up for an “asteroid” that is expected to be drawn into by ...