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New research shows that sometimes life imitates art, even in astronomy. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A planet beyond the solar ...

We’re sorry to disappoint Star Trek fans, but the exoplanet often compared to Mr. Spock’s fictional world has turned out to be nothing more than star flickers ...

In an ironic twist, a team of scientists have used cold hard logic to disprove the existence of a planet that was once suspected to orbit the real-world star that plays host to the fictional planet ...

Once upon a time, there was a real-life planet right where Star Trek put its fictional world of Vulcan — or so we thought. By breaking the light from 40 Eridani into the individual wavelengths that ...

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Among the TV series Star Trek’s many charms are its rich universe of characters and planets. Now, the Dharma Planet Survey, in a new study led by University of Florida (UF) astronomer Jian Ge and team ...

Star Trek fans may be disappointed to learn that Spock’s home planet of Vulcan has turned out to be an illusion. While the planet Vulcan may not exist in real life, Spock’s star system, 40 Eridani, is ...

Even scientists can get overexcited during solar eclipses. That's what happened to Lewis Swift, the famous Rochester astronomer of the late 19th century. He identified a dozen comets and more than ...

Sometimes science fiction anticipates scientific discovery. That exactly what happened when the Dharma Planet Survey uncovered a new super-Earth orbiting 40 Eridani A 16 light years away. Does the ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...