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The central rocket segment that launched the 22.5-ton core of China s newest space station into orbit is due to plunge back to Earth as early as Saturday in an unknown location. (Ju Zhenhua/Xinhua via AP, File)
WASHINGTON, DC A 22-ton uncontrolled section of a Chinese rocket is hurtling toward Earth and is expected to soon re-enter the atmosphere, hitting the planet s surface as early as Saturday.
It s the stuff doomsday movies are made of; however, there s very little reason to fear, experts say. The risk that there will be some damage or that it would hit someone is pretty small not negligible, it could happen but the risk that it will hit you is incredibly tiny. And so I would not lose one second of sleep over this on a personal threat basis, Jonathan McDowell, an astrophysicist at the Astrophysics Center at Harvard University, told CNN this week.