But in the decades since, the King of the Monsters has expanded his dominion, appearing in theaters around the world.
The Godzilla constellation isn’t made up of stars, though.
Instead, the astronomic artwork is formed of gamma rays, as observed by NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope.
The Godzilla constellation came about when researchers noticed its gamma-ray jet, a phenomenon in which matter falling towards a black hole compresses and glows from heat as it accelerates.
Godzilla isn’t the only symbol of Japan getting a nod in the gamma-ray constellations either.