Melbourne’s mysterious midnight ‘meteor’ identified as remains of Russian rocket

Beam of light that crossed Victoria's night sky burned for almost a minute and caused a loud boom, and Australia's space agency says it was incinerating space junk

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A mysterious beam of light that slowly cut across the dark Victoria sky on Monday night was likely the remnants of a Russian rocket launch re-entering the Earth's atmosphere, Australia's space agency says.

The large flashing light extended across Mount Buller to the Melbourne CBD, burning up for almost a minute just after midnight before breaking up into pieces that burned brightly.