A mysterious blue spiral light illuminated the night sky above Europe on Monday.
The Cosmic Whirlpool was captured in a magnificent video and seems to have been created by the SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Booster falling to the ground, according to the experts.
The accelerated video taken from Croatia around 4 p.m., or 9 p.m., the local time shows the brilliant light that runs in the sky in what many social media commentators compared to a spiral galaxy. The complete video at normal speed lasts about six minutes.
Many social media commentators have compared the superb display to a spiral galaxy (Medicachristian / TMX)
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The Met Office in the United Kingdom said that it had received many reports from a “illuminated whirlwind in the sky” and said it was probably caused by the Space X rocket which was launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida around 1:50 p.m. as part of the Government classified mission. The SpaceX, belonging to Elon Musk, launched a payload in the name of the National Recognition Office (NRO), the Agency of the Government of Intelligence and Surveillance.
“This is likely to be caused by the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, launched earlier in the day,” wrote the Petting on X. “The glowed exhaust plume of the rocket seems to turn in the atmosphere and reflect the sunlight, making it appear as a spiral in the sky.”
The brilliant light is an example of what some people call a “space spiral”, according to Space.com.
A mysterious blue light in a spiral probably caused by the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket illuminated the night sky over Europe on Monday. (Medicachristian / TMX)
The SpaceX spirals develop after the upper stage of a Falcon 9 rocket separates from its booster on the first floor. While the upper stadium continues towards space, the lower floor falls, going up on earth, throwing what remains of its fuel.
The fuel then freezes instantly because of its high altitude and its light, then it reflects, creating the light of strange appearance in the sky, depending on the exit.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket explodes the launching ramp of the NASA Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, March 14, 2025. (SpaceX / NASA)
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Monday's cosmic display intervened only a few days after a SpaceX team working with NASA made two failed space astronauts.
