Six Space Spheres Wash Up on Australian Beach, Just Rocket Debris
TL;DR
Six metallic titanium spheres—each about the size of a basketball—washed ashore at Forrest Beach, Queensland. Officials say they’re space junk, likely pressure vessels from a foreign rocket, and a 50-meter exclusion zone was set up while authorities work with international partners to confirm the launch origin. More debris could wash up, but the objects pose no danger to residents.
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