‘God’s Hand’ revealed in “ominous” new image [Video]

NEW YORK — “God’s Hand” has been revealed in a stunning new photo. Researchers say the “ghostly” and “ominous” image of the cometary globule in the Milky Way comes as the space object is continuing to be destroyed by radiation from massive stars. 

The globule, more formally known as CG 4, sits around 1,300 light-years away in the constellation Puppis. Specifically, it lives in a “huge patch of glowing gas” that the National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory, known as NOIRLab, says is called the Gum Nebula. That nebula, the lab said, is believed to the remains of a million-year-old supernova and is home to dozens of these globules. 

The lab released the new image, saying it was captured by a Dark Energy Camera mounted on a telescope. 

“A ghostly hand appears to be emerging from the interstellar …