Astronomers may have found out exactly what a certain thin, bizarre object at the center of our galaxy might be. They've discovered that this object isn't a hydrogen gas cloud, but may instead be a pair of binary stars that is orbiting the black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. The object itself is widely known as G2. In the past, astronomers believed that it was a hydrogen cloud; however, if it had been one, it could have been torn apart by the black hole at the center of our galaxy, and the resulting celestial fireworks would have dramatically changed the state of the black hole. "G2 survived and continued happily on its orbit; a simple gas cloud would not have done that," said Andrea Ghez, one of the researchers, in a news release. "G2 was basically unaffected by the black hole. There were no fireworks." Read more: http://www.scienceworldreport.com/a...ect-center-milky-way-really.htm#ixzz3I7FCfIkV
