Is it a space rock or space junk?

Scientists wondered. Was it a rock like this drawing? Or junk?
Paul Chodas thinks the object is a rocket like this one. (NASA)
This is a real asteroid. It is named Bennu. (AP)
This is an asteroid called Ryugu. It is very rocky. (AP)
The rocket took a lander like this to the Moon. (NASA)

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Planets twirl. Stars shine. Rocks streak. The universe [yoon-eh-vers] is full.

Paul Chodas [ko-dus] studies God’s heavens. Something new caught his eye. It could be an asteroid (rocky object). But he thinks it’s an old rocket!

Read More: Astronomers study the heavens. They use powerful telescopes to see things our eyes cannot. A mystery object is headed towards Earth. Some scientists called it “Asteroid 2020 SO.” But Mr. Chodas thinks it is a 54-year-old rocket. It had carried a lander to the Moon. Then it went into orbit around the Sun. It will circle Earth until March. Then it will head back toward the Sun. God sits above the circle of the Earth. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain. Read Isaiah 40:22.