{"id":510980,"date":"2026-07-05T14:34:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T14:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/510980\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T14:34:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T14:34:07","slug":"australia-probes-mystery-space-balls-that-washed-up-on-beach-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/510980\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia probes mystery space balls that washed up on beach &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE4wS2N5ZjUzTUFNTjJQLWNVemlwaUFPbWJ0Sk1iZUktNVc5M1lKRnBhMDFGaFVUOUhFN0hqdmNaUVcxZTdaY3BLQXBkLW1uUkp2Q0lneDU5ZXd0Zw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Australia probes mystery space balls that washed up on beach<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi6wFBVV95cUxQVWQ0MjU1MmVhcU9odFh5dXVlVFpNTWtRYmxDeVNYc1JPYmdiazF5R2lGM0tIZ3VDNnZ4N2NoUDctUEpNYWpVSXVYakFhRDN3UWlWNVpiQmhZNFpLVThsOXlqY3h4czBYeENyRTFrSlVCMVF6RFhNcnNkR2dta1B3Yk0tdjNiNU5FakxYNHVveEluN01HSmFCN3M5LWx4SUdrekt5cG1wclI1UTYwQkRLOGtjdnNFUExhN0lRVHVnSGNyOEdZWU9QZDQzMXg4cklmYzV4Ml96UDlGNDY5WlBaQVVZekV0SVlNZmVR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mysterious debris found on Queensland beaches could be \u2018space balls\u2019 \u2013 and may contain toxic rocket fuel<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisgFBVV95cUxNQzRiUXM3YlhORlIxc3NpNjdhaEJzQlZ5dTk5OTBqWUNFNVp1T1ZyeDFMVXAya04wempoOGQycXZiVU9DVmhSbHJXUnJhaFljc19TZU5xd1NZeVkzTmc2QndwQXNPVWo5SlI2c0FDNWtqdmc1S2h0VEZqeHhkRHZrUkpSM3ZDc1J4WnhoZzVmQldlQzBGYmpqblFiRWppcVYzNWR0ektjVEwtNm9raVV6Wmd3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Suspected space junk washes up on north Queensland beach<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ABC News &amp; Headlines \u2013 Australian Broadcasting Corporation<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixwFBVV95cUxOamgxai1jV0NmZG90dVIxZk5kQzFKcXJHVkUzYXI3MzJpY0JuaWJSbE8wb0tjSUc1aGlINWxabnliNTU5ZllFS2FsVTNKaXczR0J1RDVnS1k2cVRxNFdyU3FfXzJ3MTFfQUpjVkEwSjBYRzR1Q3FWT3FJR3c3LXdzb1FpNW5kaHVEYUN5QlJEaUFORTJZLTFGemVmSlRreVpJVWppWVJUcTM3TVFoNjFMeS1WMVVPbF9QRmNTSUhBMm13VkJNN2Vz?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Queensland beach shut after potential space debris washes ashore<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Nine.com.au<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australia probes mystery space balls that washed up on beach&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCMysterious debris found on Queensland beaches could be \u2018space&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":510981,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[111,139,69,147,392],"class_list":["post-510980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=510980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510980\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/510981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=510980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=510980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=510980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}