The sizeable object landed in the Pilbara desert, Australia, over the weekend as one space boffin said this type of debris is so common that they've earned the nickname 'space balls' View 4 Images A space ball or a space turd? You decide (Image: WA POLICE)

Miners in the Australian Outback had the shock of their lives over the weekend when a flaming ball of space junk came crashing down near a remote iron ore site. ‌

The bizarre space object – described as a “space ball” – plummeted to Earth around 2pm Saturday near Newman in Western Australia’s scorching Pilbara desert. All signs are pointing to it being a rogue Chinese rocket. ‌

Naturally, alarm bells were sent ringing across police and aviation agencies. Experts reckon that the wreckage could be part of a Chinese roc

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