Apr 14 2009'God's Hand' Spotted Using Space Telescope
That's right, son, spotted for the first time since like the year -5 billion: God's hand!
The image, taken by NASA's space-based Chandra Observatory telescope, shows an X-ray nebula 150 light years across.
NASA says the display is caused by a young and powerful pulsar, known by the rather prosaic name of PSR B1509-58.The finger-like structures are apparently caused by "energizing knots of material in a neighboring gas cloud," NASA says.
DAAAAMN! But seriously, God, you might want to have that pinky looked at.
NASA photos show giant cosmic hand [cnn]
Thanks e., I would walk 150 light years, and I would walk 150 more, just to be the man who walked 300 light years to fall down at your door.
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Reader Comments
1. Whiskers - April 14, 2009 2:29 PM
First
2. SPANKY - April 14, 2009 2:36 PM
if it is truly gods hand where is the wii mote?
3. SPANKY - April 14, 2009 2:36 PM
if it is truly gods hand where is the wii remote?
4. babykiller - April 14, 2009 2:39 PM
looks like that hand is reaching for a DICK DONUT
5. guate6 - April 14, 2009 2:41 PM
Looks like He's reaching for a galactic twinkie or something. :p
6. Gordon "Fücking" Shumway - April 14, 2009 2:48 PM
More like God's Spooge splattering the cosmos.
7. BK - April 14, 2009 2:51 PM
STAR KNUCKLES!!!
Trippy.
Kinda like Salvia.
8. salma - April 14, 2009 2:51 PM
fake it just looks like a hand but certainly not god's
9. HamQuestionMark - April 14, 2009 2:52 PM
just to be the man who walked 300 (150+150) light years to fall down at your door....
10. AngryChineseDriver.com - April 14, 2009 2:54 PM
...Daisy? Where are you?
11. Pew³ - April 14, 2009 3:06 PM
That's the hand of Galactus, reaching for a snack.
12. Chud - April 14, 2009 3:09 PM
Dumbass. That's Apollo's hand.
13. navin - April 14, 2009 3:09 PM
Diego Maradona?
14. DTAG PIMP - April 14, 2009 3:11 PM
PULL MY FINGER?
15. Ollie Williams - April 14, 2009 3:23 PM
Mmmm, space twinkie.
16. photoshop-police - April 14, 2009 3:25 PM
probably just some schmutz on the camera lens :-)
17. gizmoduck - April 14, 2009 3:25 PM
anthropomorphic echidna
18. Watch - April 14, 2009 3:29 PM
@ 10, SHUT THE F UCK UP!! DONT ENCOURAGE THAT TROLL!!!
This pic is cool
19. Daisy - April 14, 2009 3:30 PM
FAKE!!!!
This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.
This is exactly like that scene in the movie Never Back Down where Max was sick of fighting in the army so he faked his death and moved to America to be a hair dresser.
20. J.D. - April 14, 2009 3:33 PM
Dr. Manhattan?
c'mon, anyone?
man, i am a geek...
21. Daisy's Brother - April 14, 2009 3:35 PM
FAKE!!!!
This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.
This is exactly like that scene in this youtube video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2dS1GMCwx0 - where Turtizzle was sick of fighting evil black asian chicks that grow orange and throw flameballs at him so he faked his death and moved to America to be a hair dresser.
22. Gordon "Fücking" Shumway - April 14, 2009 3:38 PM
Smegma
23. meeotch - April 14, 2009 3:39 PM
Galactic Goatse
not pictured: other hand
24. Somebody - April 14, 2009 3:52 PM
Is that thing on top the COOKIE JAR or a Tissue? ha ROFL...
25. lookaze - April 14, 2009 3:56 PM
that's not god's hand, it belongs to dr manhatten.
26. Daisy - April 14, 2009 3:57 PM
This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.
This is exactly like that scene Chronicles of Riddick where he has a ring of power and has to return it King Bowsers palace for extra star powers.
27. Badpie - April 14, 2009 4:03 PM
If it's only four fingered and reaching for a donut I think it's clear we can assume that God is indeed, Homer Simpson.
28. JJtoob - April 14, 2009 4:05 PM
That's still not as good as the middle finger nebula in the Carina nebula system.
29. $.02 and a pocket full of FAH-Q - April 14, 2009 4:33 PM
God's reaching out to pimp-slap-a-bitch.
30. CoinOperatedBoi - April 14, 2009 4:47 PM
Hand....meet Belladonna's whoa whoa whoa!!! Ok that nebula is totally about to get fisted...
31. Manuel - April 14, 2009 4:59 PM
What happen to you god? you miss one finger!
32. They Are Coming For Us! - April 14, 2009 6:56 PM
Am I the only one that thinks that doesn't really look like God's hand? I mean, it kind of looks like the T-1000 hand from Terminator, which, if I am correct, means the robots have already begun the uprising.
33. Rhialto - April 14, 2009 7:14 PM
Awesome!
34. Darth - April 14, 2009 7:15 PM
Well done lol!
35. jose arcadio bundia - April 14, 2009 7:22 PM
YEAAA .. HAND OF GOD .. LIKE A BOSS !!
36. jose arcadio bundia - April 14, 2009 7:26 PM
#21 that video is the coolest thing ever made on planet earth .. i wonder where the f*k u find these stuff
37. Ickorus - April 14, 2009 9:02 PM
That red thing is Mordor.
God can simply reach into Mordor.
38. enjoygame - April 14, 2009 10:00 PM
Jordan 2shoes
39. enjoygame - April 14, 2009 10:01 PM
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40. Buckeye Voter - April 14, 2009 10:42 PM
God should have been more careful around that table saw.
41. $.02 and a pocket full of FAH-Q - April 14, 2009 11:38 PM
That's god's hand saving my ass tonight... I should not have been able to walk away from that accident...
42. mark - April 14, 2009 11:42 PM
God's finger:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap030630.html
43. Gordon "Fücking" Shumway - April 15, 2009 7:26 AM
@42
Much better than the original pic. Good job.
44. What? - April 15, 2009 2:57 PM
so God is all blue and glow-y like Dr. Manhattan?
45. Believe - April 16, 2009 8:28 AM
Amazingly I see more than a hand, I see a face under the crown of fire. His nose, eyes, even an ear. Instead of the hand of God, I see the face of Jesus? I wonder if He is coming like He has promised...
46. ericaj - April 16, 2009 7:57 PM
Thats an ALMIGHTY GOD RIGHT THERE!!!!!!!!!
47. samatha - April 18, 2009 6:04 PM
this could just be a star that exploaded or gods real hand.(if u havent saw the eye google "gods eye in outer space"
48. Singr - May 2, 2009 2:06 PM
Its god's hand. thats that. end of discussion!
49. littlemaiden - May 26, 2009 6:36 PM
i don"t think god is gonna answer his door again... too many people did him wrong there is not supoose to be 5... maybe ill get them for him though
50. darch83 - November 5, 2009 3:16 AM
FAKE!!!!????? why do you think it's fake it's yust a CLOUD