They’ve shed light on this glowing interstellar hydra.
Luminescent images of a glowing “red jellyfish” have sparked speculations of alien visitations — but NASA assured us that there’s nothing to fear.
The bizarre vermillion lights, detailed in an X (formerly Twitter) post by the space agency, reportedly appeared in the sky above a thundercloud.
The crimson fireworks display evoked an intergalactic sea jelly or a visage from the Upside Down realm in the paranormal Netflix series “Stranger Things.”
Some even floated the idea that it could be a celestial visitor, Unilad reported.
However, NASA has dispelled any rumors of its extra-terrestrial provenance, noting on X that it’s an extremely rare weather-related phenomenon known as a Sprite (an acronym meaning Stratospheric Perturbation

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