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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 ...

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As Spock once said, "In critical moments, men sometimes see exactly what they wish to see." But a new scientific discovery may be more than just wishful interpretation. Researchers have discovered a ...

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 ...

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 ...

While the exact location of the planet Vulcan in the Star Trek universe has been kept fuzzy for the most part, Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry and a few astronomers wrote to Sky & Telescope ...

In 1966 a television show called Star Trek made its debut, introducing fans of the show to a character named Spock, who hailed from a planet named Vulcan, which orbited a star called 40 Eridani A. The ...

Maybe the final frontier isn’t so far out of reach. Astronomers have found an exoplanet reminiscent of the planet Vulcan from “Star Trek,” orbiting a star in a system only 16 light-years from Earth.