Robert Lea is a science journalist in the U.K. who specializes in science, space, physics, astronomy, astrophysics, cosmology, quantum mechanics and technology. Rob's articles have been published in Physics World, New Scientist, Astronomy Magazine, All About Space and ZME Science.
A planet beyond the solar system that has been compared to Spock's homeworld Vulcan in the Star Trek franchise may have been nothing more than an illusion caused by a jittery star.
Sorry Keid, you're on your own...The fictional version of Vulcan was first introduced during Gene Roddenberry's seminal original series run of Star Trek, mentioned in the 1965 unaired pilot episode"The Cage." In the 2009 J.J. Abrams-directed Star Trek reboot, Vulcan was destroyed by a time-traveling enemy of Kirk, Spock, and the rest of the Enterprise crew.
By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over.The transit method, employed to great success by NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite , measures the tiny dips in light a planet causes as it crosses the face of its parent star. The radial velocity method is best for detecting especially massive planets, as these exert a larger gravitational pull on their stars and thus generate a more pronounced shift in the starlight from that stellar body. However, it is less robust for detecting planets with masses lower than that of Jupiter, the solar system's most massive planet.
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