Astronomers Discover 'Eye of Sauron' in Deep Space

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Astronomers Discover 'Eye of Sauron' in Deep Space
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Astronomers have captured a detailed image of a cosmic jet from the blazar PKS 1424+240, revealing a toroidal magnetic field and a head-on jet alignment that amplifies high-energy gamma rays and neutrinos, helping to solve a long-standing mystery about its brightness and particle acceleration mechanisms.

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