Experts Identify the Light Show as Space Debris“Shooting star over Melbourne, or is it a comet?” one bystander Tweeted. “I don’t know if a meteor, comet, or space junk,” wrote another. Experts quickly assessed the light show as space junk, incinerating from friction as it hit the atmosphere at high speed. The Australian Space Agency on Tuesday confirmed the space junk was “likely” the remnants of a Russian Soyuz rocket launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome north of Moscow on Monday evening, which put a new global navigation satellite into orbit. Key Take Away– The bright light seen in the sky over Melbourne was likely the remnants of a Russian Soyuz rocket re-entering the Earth’s atmosphere.

Source: The Guardian August 08, 2023 03:59 UTC