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A beach in Australia is dealing with a serious case of space balls (not the Mel Brooks kind)
Tuesday, July 7, 2026
Metallic spheres washed ashore at Forrest Beach in Queensland, Australia, and were identified as pressure vessels from a rocket body that re-entered the atmosphere. The objects arrived on the beach following the atmospheric break-up of a foreign launch vehicle. Authorities collected the vessels for analysis and documentation.
