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'Jellyfish' effect lights up US sky after SpaceX launch

'Jellyfish' effect lights up US sky after SpaceX launch
BBC Science Tuesday 13 October 2026, 18:35 UTC 1 min read
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A 'Jellyfish' effect lit up the sky in US after a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch.

A 'Jellyfish' effect lit up the sky in US after a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch.
US (LOCATION) SpaceX (ORG) SpaceX Falcon 9 (ORG)
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