Mystery cylinder on Western Australia beach likely space junk, authorities say
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By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A mystery object that washed ashore on Australia’s western coast sparking a flurry of local excitement and speculation over its origin is most likely space junk, police said Tuesday.
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Mystery cylinder washes up on Australian beach
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Mystery cylinder on Western Australia beach likely space junk, authorities say
Officials in Australia are trying to identify a mysterious cylinder that washed up on a beach, and the country's space agency said it could be from "a foreign space launch vehicle."
By Chris Lau, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A mystery object that washed ashore on Australia’s western coast sparking a flurry of local excitement and speculation over its origin is most likely space junk, police said Tuesday.
Hong Kong (CNN) — A mystery object that washed ashore on Australia’s western coast sparking a flurry of local excitement and speculation over its origin
Authorities were investigating on Tuesday whether a cylindrical object about the size of a small car that washed up on a remote Australian beach is space junk from a foreign rocket.
A mystery object that washed up on Australia's western shore is sparking debate and online chatter over the likelihood of the object's extraterrestrial origins.
Authorities believe that a cylindrical object about the size of a small car that washed up on a remote Australian beach could be space junk from a foreign rocket.
The heavy presence of barnacles and algae across the object's surface has prompted experts to suggest the object must have remained in the water for longer than a year.
