This stunning image shows the star Fomalhaut and its protoplanetary disk, resembling a fiery eye in space. Fomalhaut is about twice the mass of the Sun and still has a disk of gas and dust, similar to what once surrounded our Sun before planets formed.
Credit: Hubble Space Telescope
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It just commanded me to build an army worthy of Mordor
They should have named the star Sauron, Mordor or Barad-dûr. Missed opportunity if you asked me. 😋
Small correction: this does not show Fomalhaut. The white dot indicates where the star would be. However, the direct light from the star was blocked by the camera’s coronagraph to allow the faint circumstellar dust ring to be imaged.
Eye of Sauron: (whispers) “It’s free real estate.”
Staré into the abyss and the abyss will stare right back
[The Cat’s Eye nebula](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/264202main_catseye_full-jpg.webp) is another nice eye-like feature.
This is almost entirely composed of artifacting. Low quality post
I just heard it whisper ”I see you”… Creepy. But cool.
Outer Wilds players are more than a bit worried right now.
i just signed an executive order and this is now called The Cosmic Eye of America