Researchers discover Star Trek’s Planet Vulcan

Researchers have discovered a planet that orbits 40 Eridani A, a star that Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry once claimed to be the parent star of his fictional planet Vulcan, home to the famous Mr. Spock character.

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[ussakira]

I'm a big Star Trek fan & 2 hear about this planet being found is totally amazingly Fantastic

[maxschon]

Roddenberry made the best he could do: He asked scienists about habibal planetes and Vulcan was a "giant Mars". "Icey Earth" become homeworld of the Andorians and "Jungle Venus" the homeworld of the Tellerites. His friend Issac Asimov and others told him most habitable worlds will be very Eatthlike but even little changes will make them wierd looking anyway.

[josiahclinch]

HAIL VULCAN! HAIL TRUE MR SPOCK! WE AWAIT 4/04/2061! COME OUR FRIENDS!

[DefiantFox]

the planet in Eridani A is a closer match to remus part of the romulan empire with on side always in sunlight and the other half in darkness

[metaldave]

🖖 they REALLY need to name the planet Vulcan!!

[houselemuellan]

Someone at nasa better finish that alcubier drive

[jesschristabel]

Star treck was fictional made up written about before .Hmmm this reminds me of the dinosaur thing like when they find a large tooth and then rebuild entire species from a tooth they say they find

[ramonortiz]

Water in mass is always seeking and maintaining its level!! This proves that the Atlantic and Pacific oceans are blatently misdescribed on every model globe in existence!!! You love your composites, cgi and artists renderings and conceptions!!!

[EdiaStanfordBruce]

we are getting near the stardate Cochran made the first contact. Shall we gear up for WWIII now?

[englishgrammar]

Possibly not Vulcan, or even a planet at all! Because, this hypothetical planet orbits the star every 42 days and that is exactly the same time it takes the star to rotate. An incredible coincidence perhaps, but many astronomers are wondering whether the hypothetical planet is actually a star spot, or something similar.

[andromedaone]

I am spock of vulcan. ... live long and prosper.

[rerobertson]

That woman is great! Can’t remember her name, but love that she got the SF insignia tat! For real! That’s the future I want!

[henrytownshed]

No it doesn't, that would mean there's Vulcans in real life and Vulcans are made up you understand that right?

[sromonaskitchen]

I miss you make the printer as a valid but in Jupiter orbit there are various astoroids😠

[lornesouthern]

I wish Donald Trump would build a spaceship and take us to the planet Vulcan. We could come back to re-claim the Earth after the leftists bring it back to the stone age.

Dream on baby. You don't see anything through the glass dome and more and more people are realizing it every day. Your CGI planets look great though!

[fahq]

A I'll buy that for a Dollar. Hahahahahahaha. Fk hahahahahahaha. Tv, hahahahahahaha. TV.

[Its_only_a_model]

I don't think she should have worn a red shirt lol