US Edition
This Real 'Eye of Sauron' Spits Out Ghost Particles in Space. Here's What It Looks Like
Researchers confirmed the blazar PKS 1424+240 emits high-energy neutrinos and gamma rays with brightness boosted 30 times by jet alignment, advancing multimessenger astronomy.
- A stunning new image of the plasma jet nicknamed the 'Eye of Sauron' in PKS 1424+240 was published on Tuesday in Astronomy & Astrophysics Letters, revealing insights into high-energy emissions.
- Amid puzzling slow jet motion, a powerful radio telescope on Earth recorded data about PKS 1424+240 for about 15 years, revealing unexpected jet behavior.
- Using VLBA data, researchers conclude that reconstructing a near-perfect toroidal magnetic field with a jet pointing straight at Earth causes a brightness boost by a factor of 30 or more, explains Jack Livingston.
- As a result, Yuri Kovalev concludes that this strengthens the link between relativistic jets, high-energy neutrinos, and magnetic fields, confirming active galactic nuclei also accelerate protons, the study finds.
- Looking ahead, reconstructing PKS 1424+240 allows astronomers to peer into its jet's 'heart' and may reveal it as one of the brightest high-energy gamma ray and neutrino sources ever observed.
19 Articles
19 Articles
‘Eye of Sauron’ spotted in deep space
Billions of light-years away, a cosmic jet bearing a striking resemblance to the eye of Sauron from the Lord of the Rings is swirling at the heart of a very active galaxy. The unique cosmic body was spotted thanks to 15 years of observations using the Earth-based Very Long Baseline Ar-ray and is helping scientists better understand the anatomy of cosmic jets,powerful beams of plasma and energy that come from black holes, neutron stars, and other…
This real 'Eye of Sauron' spits out ghost particles in space. Here's what it looks like
Scientists stitched together 15 years of radio telescope observations to reveal a stunning image of a blazar that looks an awful lot like the Eye of Sauron from the Lord of the Rings.
What astronomers from Bonn have made visible with the help of a special telescope system, they themselves leave almost speechless. The image of a plasma beam is reminiscent of a dark power.
Astronomers have captured the image of a cosmic jet directed directly to the Earth – and recognized the "eye of Sauron". The unscientific term also prevailed in the corresponding scientific article.
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute in Bonn have captured the plasma beam of a distant galaxy nucleus in unprecedented sharpness. The image reminds the scientists of the dark power of "The Lord of the Rings".
Astronomers have discovered what they called "Sauron's eye" in space, the image of a cosmic jet directed directly towards Earth. It is a hot plasma jet that extends for enormous distances at a speed close to that of light. ...
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 67% of the sources are Center
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
