A large metallic ring from space crash-landed in Kenya on New Year's Day. Officials want to determine its origins and hold the owner accountable.

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Investigators think the object, which is roughly 8 feet (2.5 meters) in diameter and weighing some 1,100 pounds (500 kilograms), is actually a piece of space debris, rocket leftovers that came ...

The giant ring fell from space, crash-landing into Mukuku Village in Kenya on Wednesday. No one was hurt, but space debris poses a serious threat to life on Earth and in space. On Wednesday, Mukuku ...