A massive fireball appeared in the skies above Australia on Thursday night, prompting many witnesses to believe they were witnessing a meteorite entering Earth's atmosphere. After a closer look by experts, the object was declared to be nothing more than a heap of space junk left by a Russian rocket launch earlier in the day. Roscosmos, Russia's space agency, launched a military satellite on Thursday and the object seen by witnesses is believed to have been a discarded rocket stage. For Australia...
A massive fireball appeared in the skies above Australia on Thursday night, prompting many witnesses to believe they were witnessing a meteorite entering Earth's atmosphere. After a closer look by experts, the object was declared to be nothing more than a heap of space junk left by a Russian rocket launch earlier in the day. Roscosmos, Russia's space agency, launched a military satellite on Thursday and the object seen by witnesses is believed to have been a discarded rocket stage. For Australia...
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