The strange object, named CG 4, is a cometary globule about 1,300 light-years away from Earth in the Gum Nebula.
New pictures of a distant nebula have revealed what appears to be a gargantuan hand made of dust and gas, stretching through space.The spooky sight was spied around 1,300 light years away from our solar system, in the constellation of Puppis, and shows the hand appearing to reach out towards the spiral galaxy ESO 257-19 .
Exactly how cometary globules gain their strange shape is still unclear to scientists, with some theories suggesting that they may have begun as sphere-shaped nebulas that were blown aside by a supernova nearby. Other hypotheses suggest that they are formed as a result of stellar winds from nearby enormous stars or other objects.CG 4, alongside 31 other cometary globules, is located in something called the Gum Nebula, in the center of which are the Vela Supernova Remnant and Vela Pulsar.
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