Beams of light that can be guided into corkscrew-like shapes called optical vortices are used today in a range of ...

"These crystals caught the sunlight, creating the bright spiral pattern in the sky," O'Donoghue said. The swirl was created by the launch of SpaceX's NROL-69 mission. Exactly what it was carrying into ...

The rocket’s frozen exhaust plume appears to be spinning in the atmosphere and reflecting the sunlight, causing it to appear as a spiral in the sky” Although some people at first thought the ...

A blue and white spiral in the night sky is seen from Sweden. (Bertrand Ilhe / AFP via Getty Images) ...

"These crystals caught the sunlight, creating the bright spiral pattern in the sky," O'Donoghue said. "The spiral shape happened because the tumbling rocket was spinning as it released the fuel." ...

Time-lapse video taken from Croatia at around 4 p.m. EST, or 9 p.m. local time, shows the glowing light spinning across the sky in what many social media commentators likened to a spiral galaxy.

Once released, the second stage will eject any leftover fuel, which freezes instantly due to the altitude and forms into a spiral pattern because of the rocket's movement as it falls back to Earth.

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Stargazers in parts of Europe were stunned by an unusual sight on Monday evening: a large, glowing blue spiral in the sky. Images and videos posted to social media showed ...

In the process, it ejects leftover fuel which, because of the high altitude, freezes immediately, forming intricate spiral patterns, thanks to the rocket's spinning motion. When this frozen ...

A glowing blue spiral was spotted in European skies on ... As the first stage comes back, it ejects leftover fuel, which forms a swirl pattern because of the rocket’s movements and freezes ...

Once released, the second stage will eject any leftover fuel, which instantly freezes and forms into a spiral pattern because of the rocket's movement as it falls back to Earth. Light reflects off ...

This fuel freezes instantly due to the altitude, and forms into a spiral pattern because of the rocket's movement. It becomes visible from earth due to the light shining on it. In a statement on X ...