Satellite ‘to fall to Earth this week’

A 7,000lb science satellite will fall from the sky this week, and Nasa says a few pieces of metal could hit the Earth, although probably not in a populated area.

The US space agency announced today that the Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer is falling at the rate of 15 miles a day from an orbit of about 124 miles and should make a final plunge to Earth between 0300 Irish time and 1200 Irish time on Thursday.