Astronomers Discover Stretchly Objects Unlike Anything Else in our Galaxy

Astronomers have discovered a mysterious new class of objects at the heart of the Milky Way, unlike anything else found previously in our galaxy. The objects “look like gas but behave like stars,” according to senior researcher Andrea Ghez, as they start off small and compact but are stretched to a larger size when they approach the supermassive black hole in the center of the galaxy.

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The researchers believe these objects could teach us about the evolution of stars and what happens to celestial bodies in environments of extreme gravity.

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