NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array released an image of a dead star Friday nicknamed the “Hand of God” for its resemblance to a human hand, sparking debate about religion and astronomy.
NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array released an image of a dead star Friday nicknamed the “Hand of God,” renewing debate about religion and astronomy.
It may look like an X-ray from the doctor’s office.
But it’s actually an enormous cloud of material ejected from a star that exploded an estimated 17,000 light years away.
“We don’t know if the hand shape is an optical illusion,” McGill University’s Hongjun An said in a statement from the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) Mission.
