The sudden appearance of a large chunk of metal on an Australian beach has intrigued locals, though experts now believe they know what it is.
The car-sized lump appeared on a beach about 155 miles north of Perth, Western Australia, several days ago, and has received growing attention ever since.
Related We are currently making enquiries related to this object located on a beach near Jurien Bay in Western Australia. “We’re pretty sure, based on the shape and the size, it’s an upper-stage engine from an Indian rocket that’s used for a lot of different missions,” Andrea Boyd told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
Speaking to 9 News Australia, Melissa de Zwart of Western Australia Space Radar said that while most space objects burn up in the Earth’s atmosphere as they descend at high speed, this clearly doesn’t always happen. Most rocket launches are designed in a way that any objects that don’t completely burn up come down in the sea, though China has faced criticism in recent years for missions involving uncontrolled descents, with some parts reportedly coming down on land.
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