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Just like the fictional planet of Vulcan was wiped out in Star Trek, new research has destroyed the real-life version of Spock's homeworld, albeit in a less violent fashion.

New research shows that a planet spotted around the real-life star 40 Eridani A, famous for hosting Dr. Spock's fictional home world in 'Star Trek', may have been an optical illusion all along.

New analysis of old data indicate that 40 Eri b, a presumed Neptune-sized planet 16 light-years, is just an artifact of light from a star.

Astrophysicists just found a planet orbiting the star HD 26965, 16 light years away from Earth. Finding exoplanets is always fun, and the fact that this one is in the star's habitable zone (where ...

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.

This article was originally published with the title “The Planet Vulcan” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 39 No. 9 (August 1878), p. 128 doi:10.1038 ...