Mysterious 'space balls' twice the size of basketballs wash ashore on Australian beach, scientists say the discovery is more common than many people think

Look: Mystery spheres on Australian beach identified as 'space balls'

Look: Mystery spheres on Australian beach identified as 'space balls'

Possible "space balls" found on Australian beach. Authorities are combing the sand to find them [Silly]

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Mystery as 'space balls' drop on popular Australian beach - 'do not touch'

Mysterious large ‘space balls' have dropped on a popular Australia beach.

Authorities identify likely source of 6 mysterious 'space balls' that washed up on Australia beach

Australian authorities said they have identified the likely source of six mysterious "space balls" that washed up on a beach in Queensland. The Australian Space Agency says the spherical objects appear to be "pressure vessels" from a space launch vehicle that fell back to earth. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/ktla?sub_confirmation=1

Strange balls found on Queensland beaches could be toxic ‘space debris’, experts warn

Objects have been safely secured in drums, authorities say

Mystery of silver balls appearing on Australia’s beaches finally solved

'There were questions of the bomb squad being involved.'

Mysterious Spheres Found On Australian Beach Could Be Rocket 'Space Balls'

Reports showed the objects, washed up on beaches in the Forrest Beach area of Townsville, appeared to be large spheres.

A beach in Australia is dealing with a serious case of space balls (not the Mel Brooks kind)

Metallic space balls washed up on Forrest Beach in Queensland, Australia, identified as pressure vessels from a foreign rocket body re-entry.

NASA’s TESS Mission Reveals the “Puffiest” Planets Ever Found

NASA has revealed two new “super-puff” planets, giant worlds so light that their density is comparable to cotton candy. Scientists calculate that these Jupiter-sized planets are the “puffiest” worlds ever found.

The next drug lab is in orbit

Space, which have been largely dominated by rockets, satellites and astronauts up until now, is gearing up to welcome a relatively new player — drugmakers — with the acceleration of commercial space vehicle race across the globe. As microgravity in space allows proteins to grow into larger and more uniform crystals, it helps scientists better understand the three-dimensional structures of disease-related proteins. This helps drug discovery by giving an accurate picture of the shape drug molecule

Strange Spheres Washed Ashore on an Australian Beach. Authorities Say They're Probably 'Space Balls'—Empty Fuel Vessels From a Rocket

The shiny objects—each roughly twice the size of a basketball—began to appear on July 3. Authorities initially worried that they were hazardous but have since determined that they're likely safe bits of space junk

Japanese space probe, size of a fridge, flies near asteroid in planet defence test

A Japanese space probe performed a fly-by of a near-Earth asteroid on Sunday, in a test mission for technology that could help protect the planet from space rocks. The fridge-sized Hayabusa2 was due to fly within 800 metres (0.5 miles) of asteroid Torifune, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) scientists said earlier, a trial run to see whether such a probe could deflect a potentially dangerous space rock away from Earth. The mission comes after Nasa deliberately smashed a spacecraft into...

Mysterious Metal Spheres Found on Australian Beach May Have Come From Space

The space balls could have been part of a rocket that recently reentered through the atmosphere.

The battle to save an iconic shipwreck

In a bid to preserve one of Greece’s most recognizable tourist landmarks, authorities have launched a major project to expand the beach surrounding the wreck of the Panagiotis, a smuggling vessel that ran aground on Zakynthos in 1980.

NASA's TESS spacecraft finds two 'cotton candy' planets in one system

NASA's TESS space telescope has discovered two 'super puffy' giant planets with the density of cotton candy.

Q&A: The Beach Boys' Mike Love and John Stamos talk July 4th at Hollywood Bowl

ANAHEIM, Calif. — When the Beach Boys made their Hollywood Bowl debut on Oct. 27, 1962, it was the biggest venue the band had played in a year of gigs that included a run of shows at the Pandora’s Box nightclub in West Hollywood, a tour of ...

Why are young Koreans crushing wax balls?

Young South Koreans are obsessed with “wakppu,” the latest trend of crushing wax-coated clay balls to release their stress and feel nostalgia for their childhood times.

Experts reveal origin of space debris which shut down Queensland beach

The Australian Space Agency has weighed in after a mysterious object was found on a beach, forcing it to be shut down.

Scientists found a massive 'bathtub ring' that could prove Mars once held a vast ocean

Scientists found a massive 'bathtub ring' that could prove Mars once held a vast ocean

Astronomers found two rare super puff planets lighter than cotton candy

Two newly confirmed super-puff planets are so diffuse that they are less dense than cotton candy, despite being about the size of Jupiter. Their rare orbital relationship and enormous, lightweight atmospheres could provide valuable clues about how some of the strangest planets in the galaxy come to exist.

China has 400 private space companies. The West is barely paying attention

China’s private space industry barely existed a decade ago. Today, more than 400 commercial space companies are operating in the country, developing reusable rockets, satellite constellations, space-tourism ventures, and even asteroid-mining projects. While most Western attention remains focused on SpaceX and Elon Musk, a new generation of Chinese entrepreneurs is quietly transforming China’s role in []

The quality of sand in Anapa has sparked a discussion against the backdrop of reports about the opening of new beaches.

83 beaches are open, another 14 are undergoing inspection, reported the government of Russia. The sand used to cover the beaches has compacted and is unsuitable for recreation, noted social media users. Other commentators expressed hope that the imported sand would gradually be washed away by the sea.

2026 NBA Draft: Arizona primed to climb all-time 1st round pick list

Arizona has been having men’s basketball players drafted since before the NBA was a thing. The first Wildcat selected to play pro ball was Linc Richmond, who in 1948 was taken in the 4th round of the Basketball Association of America Draft, though he returned to the UA for one more season and never played []

‘What the hell?’: Kids’ playground designed by New Zealander terrifies parents in Melbourne

‘What the hell?’: Kids’ playground designed by New Zealander terrifies parents in Melbourne

Trump humiliated as anti-MAGA '8647' message reappears on grass of National Mall after Freedom 250 event

Satellite imagery shows what appears to be a giant “8647” etched into the ground of the National Mall, the same imprint that was etched into the grass in mid June

Where Minds Meet to Launch Space Economy Association Off the Ground

Spacebiz in Hong Kong - a golden opportunity for Professional Services and STEM HONG KONG SAR - Media OutReach Newswire - 29 June 2026 - Space Economy Association (Hong Kong) Ltd, or SEA, officially formed in the midst of the space economy boom. It is an independent membership-based ...

Carlton climb to 10th under ‘perfect’ Fraser; winning streak ends for ‘off’ Fremantle

After Melbourne stunned Hawthorn in Launceston and the Giants did likewise to the high-flying Dockers in Canberra, the Pies and Suns played a beauty before Carlton survived a big threat from Richmond.

A tritium ‘nuclear battery’ just reached orbit for the first time

The nuclear age has quietly reached commercial spaceflight. City Labs, a Miami firm, has launched BOHR, which it calls the world’s first commercial nuclear-powered satellite and the first nuclear CubeSat. The craft is about the size of a softball. It flew on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare on 7 July, alongside 80 other payloads, the [] This story continues at The Next Web

Sewage pollution is keeping kids out of the water in this California beach town

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. At YMCA Camp Surf in Imperial Beach last week, a group of middle schoolers spent their morning skateboarding, scaling a climbing tower and practicing archery Then at noon, campers boarded a bus for a 40-minute drive up the coast to Mission Beach, where []

California's vanished sunflower sea stars are not totally vanished

California's sunflower sea stars were nearly erased by wasting disease and warming water. Recently, scientists found 18 of them off the Sonoma County coast. SFGATE reports that divers near Sea Ranch found the largest known group of wild sunflower sea stars seen in California waters since a mass die-off began in 2013. — Read the rest The post California's vanished sunflower sea stars are not totally vanished appeared first on Boing Boing.

NASA is creating a fifth state of matter on the ISS, thanks to an upgrade to a mini-fridge-sized quantum lab

NASA is creating a fifth state of matter on the ISS, thanks to an upgrade to a mini-fridge-sized quantum lab

Ball from Knicks star OG Anunoby’s tip-in up for auction — and it could fetch $3 million

The ball that helped deliver the most significant moment in modern New York basketball history is headed to auction.

Australia probes mystery space balls that washed up on beach

Officials are searching for the origins of six pieces of space debris discovered on Forrest Beach in Queensland.