Mysterious metal orbs on Australian beach may be junk that fell from space: experts
Beachgoers suspected the metallic balls to have extraterrestrial origins — and they were right.
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World News Mysterious metal orbs on Australian beach may be junk that fell from space: experts By Jared Downing Published July 12, 2026, 4:05 p.m. ET (function() { var overlay = document.getElementById("nyp-player-lcp-overlay"); if (!overlay) { return; } function hideOverlay() { overlay.remove(); } function afterDCL() { requestAnimationFrame(hideOverlay); } if (document.readyState === "loading") { document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", afterDCL, { once: true }); } else { afterDCL(); } })(); See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google Six mysterious metal orbs that washed up on an Australian beach are likely space junk that rained down from outside of the earth’s atmosphere, experts said.
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