(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.

A 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.

In 1995, I published a book called “Modern-Day Miracles: How Ordinary People Experience Supernatural Acts of God.” It’s been out of print for years, so don’t worry about buying a copy. I ...

It's being nicknamed "God's hand." It's about 1,300 light years away from Earth.The picture was taken by the Dark Energy Camera, which is mounted on a telescope in Chile.The image shows a cometary ...

Using two X-ray telescopes, astronomers have visualized the ‘bones’ in one of space's most haunting phenomena, the pulsar wind nebula MSH 15-52, also known as the ‘cosmic hand' or 'hand of God'.

These pictures are out of this ghoul-axy. Just in time for Halloween, NASA revealed that the “bones of a ghostly cosmic hand” that died 1,500 years ago are reaching out just above our heads ...

It rivals the single most energetic cosmic ray ever observed, the “Oh-My-God” particle that was detected in 1991, the study found. ... It’s never going through your hand. ...

The Dark Energy Camera captured a rarely seen celestial phenomenon in action: a cosmic cloud called “God’s Hand,” which appears to reach out for a spiral galaxy.

In 1995, I published a book called "Modern-Day Miracles: How Ordinary People Experience Supernatural Acts of God." It's been out of print for years, so don't worry about buying a copy.

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (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 ...