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 attributes of this “Eye of Sauron” cosmic jet is detailed in a study published August 12 in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics. A blazar’s black hole launches a jet of plasma that moves at roughly the speed of light and blazars. Even with all of these energetic gamma rays and neutrinos, the cosmic jet appeared to move much more slowly than expected. The magnetic field’s structure likely plays a major role in how the plasma flows out of a blazar’s cosmic jet.