The unusual phenomenon is believed to have been caused by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch in Florida, with experts explaining that frozen fuel ejected from the rocket formed a spiral pattern in ...

"These crystals caught the sunlight, creating the bright spiral pattern in the sky," O'Donoghue said. "The spiral shape happened because the tumbling rocket was spinning as it released the fuel." ...

This freezes instantly due to the altitude and forms into a spiral pattern because of the rocket's movement as it falls back to Earth. Light reflected off the frozen fuel is then visible on Earth.

The last 18 years have seen the lowest sea ice levels on record, a downward spiral that will continue, scientists say. The Arctic will be ice-free in the summer at some point by 2050, even if ...

image: A logarithmic spiral with a diameter of 500 μm, approximately half the diameter of a sewing needle. view more Credit: Yilin Wong Key takeaways Curiosity about a mistake that left tiny dots ...

On a whim, she looked at the dots under a microscope and couldn't believe her eyes. Beautiful spiral patterns had been etched into the germanium surface by a chemical reaction. Wong's curiosity ...