Buried in the treasure trove of the Gaia catalog were two strange black hole systems. These were black holes orbiting sun-like stars, a situation that astronomers long thought impossible. Recently, a team has proposed a mechanism for creating these kinds of oddballs. Buried in the treasure trove of the Gaia catalog were two strange black hole systems. These were black holes orbiting sun-like stars, a situation that astronomers long thought impossible. Recently, a team has proposed a mechanism for creating these kinds of oddballs. Astronomy Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories