Space Junk Just Fell on Your Home, Now What?

On March 8, a small, cylinder-shaped object fell from the skies and crashed through the roof of a family home in Naples, Florida. Alejandro Otero , the homeowner, suspected it came from space but he wasn’t sure what he needed to do get NASA’s attention and be taken seriously. “I’ve left messages and emails without a response,” Otero wrote on X. Eventually, the space age ncy heard that a piece of its trash may have fallen on a Florida home and retrieved the object for analysis.

As the 1967 Outer Space Treaty dictates, the ownership of space objects does not change regardless of whether they are in outer space or on Earth. So once you make that call, be ready to give up the goods. It’s probably not a good idea to hold onto space debris either way as it could contain hazardous material, so it’s best not to get too chummy with the mysterious object that fell from the sky.

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