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BIZARRE: 2 - What They Never Told You

Space junk won't make you grow extra arms and other misconceptions

Firstly, no, space junk is not radioactive.

The Canberra Times

SpaceX capsule confirmed as source of space debris that crashed on farm in Australia

Astrophysicist expects people will find more debris in the area ‘over the coming weeks to months to even years’

The Guardian - AU

First Thing: al-Qaida leader killed in US drone strike, Joe Biden says

President ordered strike on Kabul safe house in Afghanistan during high-level meeting, administration says. Plus, space debris found in Australia

The Guardian - UK

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‘Like an alien obelisk’: space debris found in Snowy Mountains paddock believed to be from SpaceX mission

Astrophysicist Brad Tucker says he often gets calls from people who think they’ve found space junk but the scorched metal found by two farmers is ‘very real’

The Guardian - AU

More Snowy Mountains space junk found amid visit from Australian Space Agency

The discovery of the pieces could be the largest space junk find in Australia since parts of NASA's Skylab space station fell to Earth in Western Australia in 1979.

ABC News

Space junk potentially found in NSW Snowy Mountains paddocks

Sheep farmers in the Snowy Monaro may have stumbled across the largest pieces of space junk found in Australia since NASA's Skylab space station came plummeting back to Earth in 1979.

ABC News

What 'surprises' NASA's latest telescope has to offer

Astrophysics is likely to have many new surprises since NASA released an image from the latest telescope.

The Canberra Times

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New York win Major League Rugby championship game against Seattle

Team with strong New Zealand accent beats Seawolves 30-15 on a baking day in Jersey, as US competition concludes season five

The Guardian - US

NASA is readying to launch rockets from Arnhem Land – but the journey was years in the making

In two weeks, NASA is scheduled to launch rockets in Australia for the first time in more than 25 years. But the plans didn't come from nowhere – in fact, they almost didn't happen at all.

ABC News

Equatorial Launch Australia flags bold expansion plan for fledgling Arnhem Land spaceport

NASA will launch three suborbital sounding rockets from Arnhem Land this year and if all goes well, the company that owns the launch pad is planning for a massive expansion.

ABC News

Sydney Copped UFO-Looking Activity In The Sky Last Night But It Was Actually Just Elon Musk

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New type of cosmic explosion called a 'micronova' discovered by astronomers

Astronomers say a new discovery challenges our understanding of how thermonuclear explosions happen in some stars.

ABC News

Why the International Space Station will crash down into the Pacific Ocean's 'spacecraft graveyard'

The International Space Station will join hundreds of pieces of space junk littered across the ocean floor in the Pacific, renewing concerns about the environmental impact of dumping such objects into the sea.

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