Space Balls Invade Earth!

This mystery space ball fell out of the sky on Namibia and made headlines all over the world. Some as alarming as the one above.

But Not to worry, it’s probably just some junk we put in orbit in the first place:

In September, the National Research Council warned NASA that space debris has passed the “tipping point,” The Post’s Christian Torres wrote. “There are more than 22,000 such pieces in orbit. NASA estimates there could be hundreds of thousands — or even millions — of smaller, non-trackable pieces of debris also in space.” Here’s a depiction released by NASA of what the space around Earth may look like.

via ‘Mysterious’ space ball drops on Namibia — nothing mysterious about it – BlogPost – The Washington Post.