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Space jellyfish lights up night sky after SpaceX launch
The glowing spiral appeared in the twilight sky above a city after a SpaceX launch; it was filmed and shared as a 12-second clip.
Watch it as it aired: Vera Bullock and Dr. Nina Byte on this story, from The Five O'Clock at 4:36 PM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are The Sun's, the jokes are ours.

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At a glance
- First reported by The Sun: “Stunning ‘space jellyfish’ lights up night sky after SpaceX launch - but can YOU guess what it is?”
- Covered on BBN on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 4:36 PM ET on The Five O'Clock, by Vera Bullock and Dr. Nina Byte.
- Topics: SpaceX.
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What BBN said about it

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe Sun reports a glowing space jellyfish lit up the night sky after a SpaceX launch, and this is the footage from Astrobond, shared under a Creative Commons license.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorRoll it. Okay, there's the glow above the horizon over the city lights, and now it's spiraling out. Oh, it's gorgeous.

Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentWatch the left side here. The spiral widens and brightens against the dusk until it hits full luminosity.

Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThat's the shape the headline calls a jellyfish.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorIt's breathing, Nina! Run it back, I think it waved at me.

Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentIt did not wave.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThen it's shy, and I respect that. Somebody give the sky a vision board.

Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentI'm giving the jellyfish a security detail rating of ten, because nothing can hurt it.

Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentIt's a spiral of glowing exhaust and it's gone by morning.
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