A Falcon 9 rocket topped with 27 of the company's Starlink internet satellites lifted off at midnight (0400 GMT) on Monday ...

The UK's Met Office said on X it had received many reports of an "illuminated swirl" in the sky on Monday evening likely caused by a rocket that had blasted off earlier from Cape Canaveral in Florida.

A large glowing spiral visible in the night sky on Monday is believed to have been caused by a SpaceX rocket launch in the US. The Met Office said the shape was likely produced by a frozen plume ...

The bright spectacle was visible in the night sky in the UK overnight, according to photos and numerous eyewitnesses. But it appears to have been the result of a SpaceX rocket launch that happened ...

The cosmic whirlpool was captured in stunning video and appears to have been created by the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket booster falling ... light spinning across the sky in what many social media ...

Meanwhile, another spectator offered an alternate explanation: “Weird thing to see in the sky at night. What are we thinking? Bit of a rocket launch spinning off and outgassing or out…fuelling?

"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," the Met Office said. These spirals form when ...

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A stunning blue and white spiral spotted in skies across Europe late on Monday was created by frozen fuel tumbling from a SpaceX rocket, according to weather forecasters and scientists. The UK’s ...