In 1846, astronomer and mathematician Urbain Le Verrier sat down and attempted to locate a planet that had never been seen before by humans. Uranus (growing up) had been moving in unexpected ways, as ...

We can officially say goodbye to the real-life version of the fictional Vulcan homeworld. Astronomers have found that signals interpreted as signs of a world orbiting a star called 40 Eridani A, or HD ...

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 ...

In 1846, astronomer and mathematician Urbain Le Verrier sat down and attempted to locate a planet that had never been seen before by humans. Uranus (grow up) had been moving in unexpected ways, as ...

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 ...

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 ...

Strange New Worlds finally re-canonised the planet in the first season, depicting the planet on a star chart, hovering in ...

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 ...

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