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Vulcan Vanishes: Real-Life Star Trek Planet Turns Out To Be Stellar Illusion

New research refutes the existence of Vulcan, a planet thought to orbit 40 Eridani A, attributing detected signals to the star's surface activity. A planet thought to orbit the star 40 Eridani A – host to Mr. Spock’s fictional home planet, Vulcan, in the “Star Trek” universe – is really a kind of

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