There are so many mysteries about who or what might live among the stars, and whether they are advanced planet-hopping civilizations or microbes quietly doing what microbes do on a nearby moon.

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A ring or sphere could, apparently, be stable if surrounded by the right sizes and gravities of other stars. If that sounds far out, you’re right ... known scenarios like the three body problem ...

Heavier elements like oxygen didn ... environment in which the star formed, says Daniel Whalen at the University of Portsmouth in the UK. “To do anything less, you really just don’t know ...