Astronomers have discovered what they call a “blinking” giant star to the center of the Galaxy Milk Way. The star is called VVV-WIT-08, and there are 25,000 light years from Earth. The mysterious star was observed in the sky, since it decreased in a brightness in a factor of 30, which makes it almost disappear from heaven.

Astronomers say that it is not uncommon for the stars to change in brightness while being pulsed or eclipsed by another star in a binary system. It is extremely rare that the stars become weaker for several months and then light up again. Astronomers believe that VVV-WIT-08 could belong to a new kind of binary system of “giant blinking” where a giant star that is a giant star around 100 times bigger than the sun eclipsed once every few decades by a partner Orbital invisible.

The companion who orbits the star could be another star or possibly a planet surrounded by an opaque disc that covers the giant star, which makes it disappear and reappear in the sky. Study co-author Dr. Sergey Koposov said it is incredible that we observed a dark, big and elongated object that passed between us and the distant star. For now, all scientists can do is speculate about what could be the object that goes between us and the star.

VVV-WIT-08 is located in a dense region of the Milky Way, and the researchers have considered whether any unknown dark object could have passed against the star by chance. The simulations show that there should be an incredibly large number of dark bodies that float around the galaxy so that this scenario is likely.

Astronomers on the team based in the United Kingdom have found two stranger giant stars in addition to VVV-Wit-08. The findings suggest that this could be a new kind of “giant blinking” stars that require an astronomer investigation. VVV-WIT-08 was discovered by the Telescope Vista in Chile.