The Spiral’s primary mission, had it made it beyond the test stage, would have been a combination of reconnaissance and ...

Was the cosmic whirlpool a spiral galaxy, a UFO, or something much more down to Earth? Is it a plane? Is it a satellite? Is it a galaxy? Is it aliens? A strange blue spiral lit up the skies over ...

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.

By Nazaneen Ghaffar Nazaneen Ghaffar is a reporter on The Times’s weather team. A spiral of light illuminating the night sky captivated observers in Britain and much of Europe on Monday.

A blue spiral seen in the night sky across Europe on March 24 was likely caused by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, the UK’s Met Office said. The Met Office said the spiral was likely caused by the rocket’s ...

Glowing spiral spotted in the night sky across the East Midlands. Credit: @metoffice/ X People across the UK have taken to social media after spotting a mysterious large, glowing spiral in the ...

A blue and white spiral spotted in the skies above numerous European countries was likely created by frozen fuel from a SpaceX rocket, according to weather forecasters. The UK's Met Office said it ...

For over a century, astronomers have marveled at the beauty and complexity of spiral galaxies. The largest "grand design" spirals can host a dozen or more individual arms. But recently ...

A mesmerizing blue spiral in the night sky from the UK to Poland on March 24 was linked to a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch. It resulted from the rocket's frozen exhaust plume spinning and ...