"Norway's Mysterious Blue Spiral: A Galactic Phenomenon or Alien Encounter?"

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"Norway's Mysterious Blue Spiral: A Galactic Phenomenon or Alien Encounter?"
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A SpaceX rocket created a stunning spiral of white light in the sky above the Arctic during an aurora display, caused by frozen fuel dumped in space after releasing satellites into orbit. Known as a "SpaceX spiral," this rare phenomenon is expected to become more common as SpaceX launches increase. The illuminated swirl was captured in Iceland, Finland, and Norway, and is predicted to occur again during the Transporter-12 mission launch in October.

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