A spiral galaxy displays a surprising, powerful wind around the black hole at its core. ... The gases and winds swirl around the black hole at about 10 percent of the speed of light, ...

Reports indicate that this swirl of bright white light can be traced back to Elon Musk's rocket company, SpaceX. The rare phenomenon is being described by astronomers as a "SpaceX spiral" and is ...

Black holes are famous for being "effectively invisible," as NASA says.But they dramatically affect their surrounding space, most obviously by creating an accretion disk — the swirl of gas and ...

The stunning swirl was spotted from Yorkshire, Hertfordshire, Bristol, Milton Keynes, Stoke-on-Trent, Hampshire and Kent. Someone else in Wales said: 'Just saw a very strange object cross the ...

The Met Office has explained the likely cause of the glowing white spiral visible across the UK night sky. An illuminated swirl was spotted in the night sky in the UK on March 24.

SpaceX rocket launch spiral: Glowing white swirl visible across UK - What was the spiral in the sky? By Jessica Martin. Published 25th Mar 2025, 11:41 BST. This video More videos.