Forget everything you know about flying wing aircraft like the B-2 bomber and the F-117 stealth fighter. Researchers at the University of Miami are working on a star-shaped jet that can fly in two different directions. And by that I don't mean forward and backward, but forward and another forward.

U.S. Navy sonar technician, Ronald Dejarnett captured the beauty and sheer power of a single U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor as it hit supersonic speeds over the Gulf of Alaska. [Gizmodo via US Navy]