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

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 ...

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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 ...

Star Trek’s Mr. Spock, the pointy-eared, highly logical alien who served on the starship Enterprise, transcends science fiction. And, it turns out that Spock’s home world — the fictional planet Vulcan ...

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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 ...