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A beach in Australia is dealing with a serious case of space balls (not the Mel Brooks kind)
Metallic balls found on a beach in North Queensland, Australia, were identified as pressure vessels from a space launch vehicle. Queensland Fire and Rescue and the Australian Space Agency confirmed the objects are likely debris from a foreign rocket re-entering the atmosphere.
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