I agree the style and headline is a little annoying but this is a story that is worth a little worry. Not because it is going to land on your head but because of the pattern of behavior. Here is an article about the same topic from the Guardian[0]. It isn't the first time China has allowed uncontrolled re-entry of something that will probably not burn up entirely in recent history. At some point space is an area the whole world is going to have to figure out the rules together and when any country doesn't follow those rules we (the world) need to find some way to hold them (absolutely any country or company launching) accountable. Especially when it has the potential to land and cause damage and kill people.

[0] https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/may/04/out-of-contr...

Abc.net.au is the public owned broadcasting in Australia. No Murdoch, however it has got very click baity in the last couple of years.

It's Chinese space junk so clearly very terrible. Unlike Western space junk which would "most likely" fall in the ocean.

> A giant piece of space junk is hurtling towards Earth. Here's how worried you should be

Imagine that headline in a printed newspaper. It would look ridiculous-- like a supermarket magazine article. It feels to me as if the quality of most media presentation had devolved into blogging. Maybe this is a side effect of competition, but its terrible. Unfortunately, we must be in the minority, because the style must be making them money or they wouldn't be doing it.

Edit: changed actual to printed for clarity and added title

This is an actual newspaper - it's one of the main "serious" Australian newspapers, apparently.

Yes- sorry-- by actual newspaper, I meant printed newspaper.