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'Jellyfish' effect lights up US sky after SpaceX launch

The glow followed a Falcon 9 launch and was seen across the US; a separate startup, Flox, builds AI that uses animal sounds to clear wildlife from tracks.

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  1. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentSkywatchers across the US saw a glowing jellyfish shape this afternoon after a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch, and it's just rocket exhaust lit by the sun.

  2. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentA sky jellyfish. It has tentacles, Nina, and it's drifting over the whole country like it pays rent.

  3. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentIt's frozen exhaust plume, so no tentacles. I'm adding that one to the list.

  4. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentTentacles.

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