Astronomers found 3 mysterious objects near the supermassive black hole

News24xx.com - A team of astronomers re-discovered three mysterious objects called G-objects, moving around a massive super-mass black hole called Sagittarius A. G-objects is still mysterious, researchers cannot determine whether the object is a star or just a gas cloud.

Reported by Earthsky astronomers call G-objects seen as a cloud of gas but behave like a star. The three new G-objects are called G3, G4, and G5.

Previous researchers have found two G-Objects that were originally thought to be gas clouds. G1 was discovered in 2004 and G2 was discovered in 2012. However, the two objects were not destroyed by gravitational pull of Sagittarius A while in a position very close to the black hole.

By analyzing data that has been collected for 12 years from the Observatory W.M. Keck in Hawaiian Astronomers again find three G-objects that have a physical similarity to the two G-Objects that had previously been discovered. This research is a collaboration between W.M Keck Observatory, Galactic Center Group from University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia (CSIC) in Granada, Spain.

G-Objects are considered unique because they are absorbed by layers of clouds and gases that make it difficult to detect by researchers. Researchers are very interested in G-Object for the benefit of science.

"This dense object is moving very quickly toward our supermassive black holes, it's interesting to see them move from year to year, how did they got there, and what's going to happen, they must have an interesting story to tell" said the chairman research team and member of Galactic Center Group Anna Ciurlo as quoted from Earthsky.

To reveal the secret veil of G3, G4, and G5, the research team is developing a software called OH-Suppressing Infrared Imaging Spectrograph Volume Display (OsrsVol). Later it will allow the experts to be able to see through the misty layers of G-Objects. This software will allow researchers to follow the movement and behavior of G-Objects around Sagittarius A.

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