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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 ...

Planet Vulcan was the famous homeworld of the humanoid species to which Star Trek hero Mr. Spock belonged. Logical, steadfast Spock was cast as a troubled galactic refugee aboard the starship ...

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 ...

Astronomers once thought they saw a planet orbiting 40 Eridani A — named “Vulcan” after Star Trek — but new data shows it was ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

There's a common misconception that science is purely about cold, hard facts — concrete evidence, mathematical models and replicable experiments to explain the world around us. It's easy to forget ...

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 ...