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SpaceX launch created this jellyfish in the sky.
Cosmic 'jellyfish' wows skywatchers after SpaceX launch | Space photo of the day for Oct. 14, 2026

By Chelsea Gohd Published

A "jellyfish" in the early-morning sky created by SpaceX's launch of the CRS-35 cargo mission on Oct. 13, 2026.

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a white streak illuminated in the sky flies over a dark landscape and a brick house.
SpaceX rocket launch creates incredible 'space jellyfish' visible throughout US East Coast (photos)

By Josh Dinner Published

The SpaceX cargo launch to the International Space Station on Tuesday morning (Oct. 13) created a dazzling display seen up and down the US East Coast.

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A blue and yellow jellyfish-shaped light shines in the night sky.
SpaceX launch creates colorful 'jellyfish' in the night sky | Space photo of the day for July 10, 2026

By Chelsea Gohd Published

I promise it's not an alien.

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a rocket's high-altitude plume is lit up in shades of blue and orange by the sun prior to sunrise.
SpaceX Starlink launch creates gorgeous 'jellyfish' in predawn Florida skies (video, photos)

By Robert Z. Pearlman Published

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 29 Starlink satellites launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Wednesday (March 4), creating a sky show for early risers.

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an expanding white plume extends from a small streak of white, growing thicker in a stream across the darkening blue sky below a small shining moon.
SpaceX Falcon 9 launch paints glowing 'jellyfish' across Western US skies (photos, video)

By Josh Dinner Published

SpaceX's Falcon 9 lit up the evening sky Sept. 28, when the expanding 'jellyfish' plume from the rocket's ascent could be seen for hundreds of miles.

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A white conical vessel with round window near the top stands surrounded by white scaffolding under a dark blue evning sky. Above, a giant, jelly-fish like plume trails a rocket launching through the sky.
SpaceX rocket launch spawns dazzling 'space jellyfish' in evening sky (photos)

By Tariq Malik Published

If you saw something strange in the evening sky over California on Feb. 10, we can explain.

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an expanding white plume extends from a small point of white light on the left, growing thicker in a stream across the darkening blue sky. Silhouettes of onlookers line the bottom, near a guard rail fence. City lights are seen low in the distance.
SpaceX's evening Starlink launch wows West Coast skywatchers (photos)

By Josh Dinner Published

SpaceX's Falcon 9 lit up the night sky March 18, when the expanding plume from the rocket's high-altitude ascent could be seen like a cosmic 'jellyfish' for hundreds of miles.

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'Space Jellyfish' and Cosmic Blobs Seen by Hubble Telescope
'Space Jellyfish' and Cosmic Blobs Seen by Hubble Telescope

By Space.com Staff Published

A space jellyfish and other odd blobs and smudges are see by the Hubble Space Telescope.

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