Mysterious 'structures' are arranged in unexpected patterns in the universe.

These massive structures are located within the Milky Way galaxy, which contains our solar system, and point toward the center of the black hole within the galaxy. Researchers say there are hundreds of such structures, each measuring 5-10 light-years in length, according to The Independent on June 2nd. The new discovery was published in the astrophysical journal The Astrophysical Journal Letters .

"It was surprising to suddenly find a new cluster of structures that seem to be oriented toward the black hole. I was truly astonished to see these things. We had to do a lot of work to prove that we weren't fooling ourselves. And we discovered that these structures weren't random but seemed to be tied to the black hole's outflow," said Professor Farhad Yusef-Zadeh, head of the research team.

By studying these structures, scientists can learn more about black holes in the Milky Way galaxy, according to Yusef-Zadeh, a professor of physics and astronomy at Northwestern University (USA).

Image of the starry sky

Screenshot from The Independent

Scientists have yet to provide a definitive explanation for the origin of these structures, and their existence remains largely a mystery. However, one potential explanation is that they were ejected after some kind of event several million years ago, according to The Independent .

In the early 1980s, Professor Yusef-Zadeh discovered a cluster of massive one-dimensional structures hanging across our galaxy, near Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole that the media has described as the "gentle giant" at the center of the Milky Way.

These previously undiscovered structures, much shorter and horizontal, extend outward from Sagittarius A*. They differ in many ways from the previously discovered structures, which are much longer and more numerous, according to The Independent .

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