2021 July 26 - CG4: A Ruptured Cometary Globule
Channel: APOD Podcast
Date: 2021-07-26

In today's image, we see an example of a cometary globule which has been ruptured on one end for some unknown reason. The globule appears to be reaching out toward a distant galaxy - which it could never possibly reach!

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