This is one of the things I most love about the process of science: things predicted by a theory are posited to exist, and subsequently discovered, matching the prediction to such amazing degrees. T-Ż Objects, gravitational lenses, the Higgs boson, <i>&c</i>, are all examples of how well we understand our universe.
Here's an earlier HN thread on the possibility of these objects. It contains some good explanatory links: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7020517" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7020517</a>
Url changed from <a href="http://news.discovery.com/space/astronomy/star-within-a-star-weird-stellar-hybrid-discovered-140604.htm" rel="nofollow">http://news.discovery.com/space/astronomy/star-within-a-star...</a>, because the colorado.edu post looks like the announcement closest to the original source.
I think more than anything, research like this proves that if a particular type of Object, no matter how bizarre-sounding, is not ruled out by theory, then it will be eventually found in the Universe somewhere.<p>The Interstellar drives cannot get here fast enough! What else is out there?
The part of me who played too much Star Control II hopes this means that if we've found a TZO out there, we might find TZO crystals on Pluto someday :)