(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.

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 ...

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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 ...