A weird dead star may have a solid-like surface made of iron crystals

'Star Trek' memorial flight adds 2 more names to its Enterprise mission

Hubble spots a baby star swaddled in glowing of gas. The view reveals two Herbig-Haro objects, which form when newborn stars shoot out powerful jets of gas that punch through dense clouds of dust at incredibly high speeds.

Extragalactic SETI looks for life beyond the Milky Way. But where? In game theory one solution is a Schelling point — a single event that draws different group's attention. A binary neutron star merger could act as one because observers across the universe will all be looking in the same direction.