After being startled by a bang at about 7am on Saturday, two farmers in New South Wales discovered what seemed to be space equipment scattered across their sheep paddocks.
Part of what is suspected to be a SpaceX capsule has crashed into farmland in Australia, according to farmers and an astrophysicist.
Sheep farmer Jock Wallace initially called Australia's civil aviation authority for guidance, but they advised him to contact NASA.Mr Wallace and his neighbour Mick Miners turned to Dr Brad Tucker, an astrophysicist at the Australian National University, for help.
Dr Tucker said:"At that time, people across the area heard a sonic boom as the trunk entered the atmosphere. People also saw it breaking apart, characteristic of space junk.
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