Time-lapse video taken from Croatia at around 4 p.m. EST, or 9 p.m. local time, shows the glowing light spinning across the sky in what many social media commentators likened to a spiral galaxy.

The light that appeared in the skies over the Arctic might look otherworldly in nature, but it actually has a very terrestrial explanation. That’s because the spiral was created by what many ...

The shapes can seem to appear out of nowhere: an undulating S-like spiral streaking across the European skies or a glowing orb trailing above the North American coast. Such strange light shows ...

Some described how the spiral appeared to move. Jared Sharp, from Hull, said it "began as a small light which seemed to be looking around" before changing shape and disappearing.

Aliens, black holes and far-off galaxies were some of the suggested explanations for a spectacular spiral light which appeared in the skies over Yorkshire and Lincolnshire on Monday. The phenomenon is ...

The shapes can seem to appear out of nowhere: an undulating S-like spiral streaking across the European skies or a glowing orb trailing above the North American coast. Such strange light shows ...

Slide 1 of 6, A spiral light set against a dark night sky framed by the eaves of two bright houses., The spiral light appeared in skies across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire on Monday.

Aliens, black holes and far-off galaxies were some of the suggested explanations for a spectacular spiral light which appeared in the skies over Yorkshire and Lincolnshire on Monday. The ...

Some described how the spiral appeared to move. Jared Sharp, from Hull, said it "began as a small light which seemed to be looking around" before changing shape and disappearing.