Skull shapes and ghostly eyes among Halloween-themed space sightings

Montage of spooky space images captured over time. (ESA / Hubble / NASA via SWNS)

By Dean Murray

Skull shapes and ghostly eyes are among a gallery of Halloween-themed spooky space sightings.

Skull shapes and ghostly eyes among Halloween-themed space sightings

The image shows the Ghost Head Nebula (NGC 2080), a vibrant star-forming region captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. (NASA / Hubble via SWNS)
Skull shapes and ghostly eyes among Halloween-themed space sightings

The image shows NGC 6751, also known as the Glowing Eye Nebula, a planetary nebula captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. (NASA / Hubble via SWNS)
Skull shapes and ghostly eyes among Halloween-themed space sightings

This image, taken with the Advanced Camera for Surveys aboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, shows the newly discovered planet, Fomalhaut b, orbiting its parent star, Fomalhaut. The small white box at lower right pinpoints the planet's location. (NASA / ESA / P. Kalas via SWNS)
Skull shapes and ghostly eyes among Halloween-themed space sightings

NASA's Viking 1 Orbiter spacecraft photographed this region, which resembles a face, in the northern latitudes of Mars on July 25, 1976 while searching for a landing site for the Viking 2 Lander. (NASA via SWNS)

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