Astrophysics

The real Star Trek planet turns out to be a stellar illusion

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Artist’s concept of a previously proposed possible planet, HD 26965 b – 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 around 40 Eridani A, attributing the detected signals to the surface activity of the star. A planet believed … Read more

Why do stars mysteriously disappear from the night sky?

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Artist’s impression of the binary system VTFS 243. Credit: ESOL. Calçada CC BY 4.0 Astrophysicists at the University of Copenhagen are helping to explain a mysterious phenomenon in which stars suddenly disappear from the night sky. Their study of an unusual binary star system led to strong evidence that massive stars can completely collapse into … Read more