A stunning new image of a cosmic jet has helped astronomers unlock the mystery behind the unusually bright emission of ...

It’s one of space science’s biggest mysteries. Astronomers have spotted a cosmic oddball, and it’s staring straight at Earth.

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It's … the Eye of Sauron! Well, sort of. Though the image you're seeing bears a striking resemblance to the jarring symbol ...

About 7.4 billion light-years away, a bright galactic nucleus with a supermassive black hole that spews out jets of plasma is ...

Billions of light-years away, a cosmic “eye” stares back at Earth. It’s not the work of a dark lord, though the resemblance to Tolkien’s Eye of Sauron is uncanny. Instead, it’s the blazing heart of a ...

The pacú Myloplus sauron, with flat teeth and a black stripe, has been discovered in the Amazon and named in honor of the ...

Thanks to 15 years of high-precision radio observation with the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA), scientists have realized ...

The 'Eye of Sauron' phenomena is an extremely powerful cosmic jet. A stream of plasma and energy emitted from celestial ...

The eye of Sauron, as depicted in “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring,” the 2001 film adaptation directed by Peter Jackson. Maximum Film/Alamy Stock Photo ...

In The Lord of the Rings, the Eye of Sauron is a ball of energy that sits on top of Barad-dur. It was a symbol of Sauron, who created the One Ring, and few were believed to be able to survive its ...