- Six mysterious metal spheres washed up on Forrest Beach (north of Townsville) and are thought to be space debris.
- Hazmat crews and police set a 50m exclusion zone while the Australian Space Agency investigates—objects were placed in hazmat barrels over propellant concerns.
- Locals are intrigued; similar space-junk finds have happened before (e.g., an Indian rocket dome in 2023 and a suspected fuel tank in Namibia in 2011).
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