SPACE
GODZILLA NEBULA LOOKS LIKE A SPACE LIZARD
WORDS STEPHANIE PAPPAS
What do you see in this image of space gas and dust? Perhaps the greenish blob puts you in mind of a frog, a crocodile or even Slimer from Ghostbusters. One scientist is pretty sure he saw Godzilla. Much like clouds on Earth, space clouds can trigger pareidolia, the recognition of a face or familiar object in an ambiguous pattern. And the Godzilla nebula – which sort of looks like the space lizard, but potentially like any other number of objects – is a prime example of the phenomenon.