(CNN) — What appears to be a ghostly hand reaching across the universe toward a defenseless spiral galaxy in a new telescope image is a rarely seen cosmic phenomenon, according to astronomers. The Dark Energy Camera captured a stunning image of “God’s Hand,” a cometary globule 1,300 light-years from Earth in the Puppis constellation.
Published May 9, 2024 9:32 AM EDTA cometary globule, named CG 4, is the cosmic phenomenon that resembles a ghostly hand seemingly reaching toward a spiral galaxy in a new image taken by the Dark Energy Camera. What appears to be a ghostly hand reaching across the universe toward a defenseless spiral galaxy in a new telescope image is a rarely seen cosmic phenomenon, according to astronomers.of “God’s Hand,” a cometary globule 1,300 light-years from Earth in the Puppis constellation.
The new image of the glowing red hand-like feature showcases CG 4, one of many cometary globules found across the Milky Way galaxy. The twisting cloud appears to be reaching for a spiral galaxy known as ESO 257-19 . But the galaxy is more than 100 million light-years away from the cometary globule. While stellar radiation enables the cometary globule to be visible, it is also destroying the globule’s head over time. However, there is enough gas and dust within the globule to aid in the birth of several stars the size of our sun.
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