10:30 pm ET Update: Several hours after this article was published, Ars obtained a still image of the Centaur V anomaly that occurred on March 29 during testing of the Vulcan rocket’s upper stage. The ...
Since its discovery in 1927, Centaur 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 has baffled scientists with its highly active and quasi-periodical outbursts, which vary in intensity every six to eight weeks. A closer ...