"Study Confirms Star Trek's Planet Vulcan Doesn't Exist"
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A new study has confirmed that the planet 40 Eridani Ab, also known as Vulcan from the Star Trek universe, does not exist. The initial detection was likely due to stellar activity rather than a planet. This finding highlights the challenges in distinguishing planetary signals from stellar behavior, but also advances methods that could help discover real planets in habitable zones.
Topics:science#40-eridani-a#astronomy#exoplanets#radial-velocity-method#science-and-technology#star-trek
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