Vulcan Disappears: Real-life Star Trek planet turns out to be stellar illusion
Artist’s concept of a previously proposed possible planet, HD 26965 b – is often compared to the fictional “Vulcan” in the Star Trek universe. Credit: JPL-Caltech New research refutes the existence of Vulcan, a planet thought to orbit 40 Eridani A, attributing the detected signals to the surface activity of the star. A planet thought … Read more