This will probably be the strangest photo you’ve seen of the Eagle Nebula. At first glance, it appears to show the birth of a star from the gaseous clouds, but upon closer inspection, you’ll probably see a face in the galactic clouds. The Eagle Nebula (catalogued as Messier 16 or M16, and as NGC 6611, and also known as the Star Queen Nebula) is a young open cluster of stars in the constellation Serpens, discovered by Jean-Philippe de Cheseaux in 1745-46. Its name derives from its shape that is thought to resemble an eagle. It contains several active star-forming gas and dust regions, including the famous “Pillars of Creation”, photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope. Click here to view the first image in today’s viral picture gallery. Continue reading for a viral video of Kazuya Murata, a 6-year-old yo-yo prodigy.
