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The Eye of Sauron And An Optical Illusion Solve A Cosmic Puzzle
Using 15 years of data, astronomers revealed the blazar's jet brightness is boosted over 30 times by its near-perfect magnetic field and direct alignment toward Earth.
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Astronomers in Awe of Terrifying "Eye of Sauron" That's Pointed Straight at Earth
A bright galactic nucleus with a supermassive black hole that spews out cosmic radiation is pointing straight at us. Thankfully, the object, unimaginatively dubbed "PKS 1424+240," is located roughly 7.4 billion light-years away and likely won't pose much of a danger. But that hasn't stopped a group of excited astronomers from renaming it: the "Eye of Sauron," the symbol adopted by the Dark Lord in JRR Tolkien's epic "Lord of the Rings" trilogy. …
The magazine 'Astronomy & Astrophysics Letters ' has published an unprecedented image of a blazer, one of the most powerful and luminous astronomical phenomena of the cosmos. And, although photography has no precedent in terms of resolution it refers to, what has most attracted attention is its resemblance to the iconic 'Eye of Sauron' s saga of 'The Lord of the Rings', by J. R. R. Tolkien. However, what is seen is the work after 15 years of con…
The Eye of Sauron And An Optical Illusion Solve A Cosmic Puzzle
A stunning new image of a cosmic jet has helped astronomers unlock the mystery behind the unusually bright emission of high-energy gamma rays and neutrinos from a peculiar celestial object. The source is a blazar—a type of active galaxy powered by a supermassive black hole devouring matter at the heart of a galaxy. They have captured what looks like the mythical "Eye of Sauron" in the distant universe and may have just solved a decade-long cosmi…
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diariodesevilla.esAn international team captures the sharpest image ever obtained from the PKS 1424+240 blast, a plasma jet that points directly to our planet. The exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 d: neither paradise nor twin on Earth
Astronomers Spot the “Eye of Sauron” in Deep Space - Solving a Long-Standing Mystery of Extreme Blazars
An international team of astronomers has unveiled a stunning image of a cosmic jet aimed directly at Earth, revealing the long-sought explanation for the extraordinary brightness of the blazar PKS 1424+240. The discovery, published today in Astronomy & Astrophysics Letters, shows the blazar’s jet as a glowing “Eye of Sauron” in deep space – its plasma stream threaded by a near-perfect toroidal magnetic field and aligned almost exactly with our l…
The Eye of Sauron is one of the most iconic symbols in the Lord of the Rings series. A fiery, hovering ball of fire perched atop a dark tower in Mordor, it serves as a symbol of the Dark Lord's all-seeing power. And now, experts have identified a similar eerie sight in real life. But instead of looking for Frodo or the One Ring, it appears to be staring directly at us from the depths of space. It's actually an astronomical phenomenon known as a …
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