Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Astrophysicists just found a planet orbiting the star HD 26965, 16 ...

A planet thought to orbit the star 40 Eridani A—host to Mr. Spock's fictional home planet, Vulcan, in the "Star Trek" universe—is really a kind of astronomical illusion caused by the pulses and ...

We know Albert Einstein best for his revolutionary physics theories, but he also made a huge (though lesser-known) breakthrough in planetary science. From the mid-1800s through the early 1900s, many ...

We know Albert Einstein best for his revolutionary physics theories, but he also made a huge (though lesser-known) breakthrough in planetary science. From the mid-1800s through the early 1900s, many ...

Star Trek fans might be disappointed by a new study that refutes the existence of an exoplanet where Spock's Planet Vulcan was said to be in the sci-fi show. Credit: NASA via Getty images Scientists ...

That star and its fictional planet were based on the real star 40 Eridani A and a presumed exoplanet. In 2018, an exoplanet was discovered orbiting 40 Eridani A—it was named 40 Eri b, though many ...

A planet thought to be similar to Star Trek character Spock’s fictional home planet Vulcan is an astronomical illusion caused by the pulses and jitters of a star, a new study has found. The discovery ...

If it has inhabitants, it's a good bet they all "live long and prosper." The real-life planet Vulcan, once home to "Star Trek's" Spock (made famous by Leonard Nimoy), has been found, thanks to ...

Real-life astronomers may have just discovered the real-life planet Vulcan, the homeworld of the Vulcan race from Star Trek and its most famous member, Spock. “The star around which Vulcan orbits was ...

The following is an excerpt from Thomas Levenson’s The Hunt For Vulcan. Edmond Modeste Lescarbault was a humble, almost diffident man. He lived a small life, confined mostly to a modest compass ...

Astronomers announced the discovery of an exoplanet with 8.47 times Earth's mass and twice Earth's radius in the 40 Eridani star system, distant 17 light-years from our Sun. In the Star Trek universe, ...