Dunno where you were . . . I read a number of digs on MAGA Coalition, obviously a slush fund/fundraiser, and not in a good way!
One of the few . . . only one I know of where the CEO doesn't make megabucks!
I haven't seen anyone note that these are probably pieces of the satellite that India blew up, testing one of their missiles. The debris is threatening the Space Station, and almost certainly some of it is re-entering the atmosphere as meteors.
It's a fungus . . . read the article, it's also associated with cancer.