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NASA shares Halloween-themed images of eerie-looking space objects
NASA released a gallery of eerie-looking space images ahead of Halloween.
The images show familiar cosmic objects that can resemble a pumpkin face, eyes and a skull.
One shows active regions on the Sun appearing like a jack-o'-lantern.
Another shows the eye-shaped nebula MyCn18, about 8,000 light-years away, photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope.
The gallery also includes an X-ray image of the Perseus Cluster, the Pillars of Creation, the Ghost Head Nebula and a face-like region on Mars.
The shapes are visual resemblances, not evidence that the objects are alive or watching us.
NASA presented the images as a seasonal celebration; no further plans are given.
NASA released a gallery of eerie space images ahead of Halloween.
The images include the Sun resembling a jack-o’-lantern and nebulae that look like eyes.
The gallery also features the Perseus Cluster of Galaxies, the Pillars of Creation and the Ghost Head Nebula.
NASA said the distant cosmic objects can seem to stare back at viewers.
- Who
- NASA released the images.
- What
- The agency shared a gallery of eerie-looking space objects with Halloween themes.
- When
- Ahead of October 31, 2026; the images were revealed on Wednesday.
- Where
- The images show objects in space, including the Sun, the Perseus Cluster and nebulae.
- Why
- To celebrate Halloween.
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NASA’s Viking 1 Orbiter photographed a face-like region in the northern latitudes of Mars.
NASA revealed several eerie space images ahead of Halloween.
- Gallery
- Halloween-themed images of space objects
- Sun
- Active regions appeared like a jack-o’-lantern face
- MyCn18
- Young planetary nebula about 8,000 light-years away
- Mars image
- Photographed by Viking 1 on July 25, 1976
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Do you ever get the feeling you're being watched?
Even though all of these cosmic objects are millions of light-years away, they can still send shivers down our spines when we find them staring back at us.