A mysterious spiraling blue light illuminated the night skies over Europe on Monday ... shows the glowing light spinning across the sky in what many social media commentators likened to a spiral ...

The cause of the strange blue spiral is actually a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that blasted off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 1:48 p.m. EDT (1748 ...

"Just as blue sunlight scatters in the Earth's atmosphere and makes the sun look slightly less blue, light from a strong blue ...

A SpaceX rocket launch from Florida on Monday afternoon produced a dazzling display in the night sky above Europe, leading to some people asking Elon Musk what they were witnessing. The rocket ...

new video loaded: A Curious Blue Swirl of Light Captivates Sky Watchers in Europe The Met Office, Britain’s weather service, said the light was most likely caused by a SpaceX rocket launch.

From Manchester, the close approach will become visible at around 8.37pm (BST) about 30 degrees above the western horizon, according to In The Sky. From London, the pair will become visible at 9.24pm.

The shape is thought to be the result of leftover fuel released into space as the Falcon 9 rocket returned to Earth.