New research indicates that highly viscous stars might mimic the behavior of black holes, specifically in how they interact with gravitational waves. According to recent calculations, these stars could reflect gravitational waves, generating signals that closely resemble those emitted by black hole mergers. This intriguing possibility suggests that some of what we currently interpret as black hole activity might, in fact, originate from these unusual, highly viscous stars. Further investigation is needed to confirm this hypothesis and to differentiate between the signals produced by these two distinct celestial objects.