space debris

A ton of space junk crashes to Earth every week, NYT investigation finds

More space debris is falling to Earth than ever before, a consequence of the accelerating race among governments and private companies to fill the skies with satellites and spacecraft. A new investigation by The New York Times published on July…

Mystery spheres on Queensland beach identified as rocket debris

Six metallic spheres that washed ashore on Forrest Beach in northeastern Queensland have been identified as pressure vessels from a foreign rocket body that recently re-entered Earth's atmosphere, the Australian Space Agency announced on Monday.