Geneva, Switzerland – Chaos erupted at the International Space Station, Station 13, earlier this morning following a dramatic and unprecedented event now being referred to as “The Mirror Collapse.” Initial reports indicate a localized reality distortion field manifested within the station’s primary observation deck, resulting in the complete disintegration of the mirrored surface and the subsequent exposure of an inverted, chaotic version of the station.

The event began approximately 07:15 GMT. Witnesses report a shimmering distortion, initially dismissed as equipment malfunction, rapidly escalating into a full-blown spatial anomaly. The mirrored surface, a critical component of the station’s observation and data relay system, fractured and dissolved, revealing a mirrored image of Station 13 – but fundamentally altered. Structures are twisted, corridors are reversed, and the lighting is a sickly, inverted grey.

“It was…wrong,” stated Dr. Emily Carter, lead astrophysicist on Station 13, in a brief, heavily monitored communication. “The readings were off the charts. We saw a feedback loop, a cascading effect of temporal distortions. Then, the mirror just…imploded. It wasn’t like anything we’ve ever encountered.”

The immediate consequences are significant. Communication with Earth has been intermittently disrupted, and several crew members have reported disorientation and nausea. A team of specialists, including temporal mechanics and reality stabilization experts, has been dispatched to Station 13 via emergency shuttle. However, travel time through the unstable spatial field is unpredictable, and the situation inside the station remains critically unstable.

Adding to the confusion, reports are surfacing of temporal echoes – brief glimpses of events from the inverted station’s past and potential future. One crew member, technician Ben Miller, described a fleeting image of a catastrophic explosion. “I just saw it, a flash of fire and twisted metal. It wasn’t *our* station. It was…older. Much older.”

The nature of the collapse remains unknown, but experts speculate it may be linked to the station’s experimental temporal relay system and the attempts to stabilize fractured timelines. The implications of this event are potentially world-altering, raising serious questions about the stability of the space-time continuum and the consequences of tampering with time itself. Authorities are urging calm while the situation is assessed. Further updates will be provided as they become available.