Astronomers have snapped a stunning shot of the complex magnetic field of a gigantic energy jet, dubbed the "Eye of Sauron," staring directly at us from across the cosmos. The incredible image, which took over 15 years to capture, also sheds light on the mysterious origin of neutrinos, ghostly particles that rarely interact with other matter.
The origin of this glowering cosmic eye is a blazar dubbed PKS 1424+240, located billions of light-years from Earth. A blazar is a type of quasar — a supermassive black hole at the heart of a distant galaxy that shoots out gigantic and superpowerful energy jets into space. These jets move at near light-speed and contain some of the highest concentrations of high-energy gamma rays and X-rays anywhere in the universe.
