Gene Roddenberry’s son said his father was an atheist. But documented evidence tells a different, more nuanced story about ...

In Star Trek, fans are used to a logical Spock who would refrain from showing his emotions. But we know that the beloved Science Officer on board the USS Enterprise has a Vulcan and a human side.

For centuries, astronomers dreamed of discovering a hidden planet closer to the Sun than Mercury - Vulcan. But was it ever real? Planes collide at Reagan airport: One had several members of ...

In a remarkable case of science fiction reflected in reality, scientists have reported the discovery of a planet similar to Vulcan, the home world of Dr. Spock in the Star Trek franchise.

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He eventually named the planet Vulcan because he was a huge Star Trek fan after the Roman god of fire. Soon astronomers began to report observations of this planet, the first being by Edmond ...

Once upon a time, there was a real-life planet right where Star Trek put its fictional world of Vulcan — or so we thought. By breaking the light from 40 Eridani into the individual wavelengths ...

The quest for the exoplanet Vulcan, thought to orbit around the star 40 Eridani A, has taken an unexpected turn. According to a recent study, this iconic planet, whose name is linked to the "Star Trek ...

In an ironic twist, a team of scientists have used cold hard logic to disprove the existence of a planet that was once suspected to orbit the real-world star that plays host to the fictional ...