On spetember 18th 2018, scientist announced in the Journal Nature that they have discovered an exoplanet that coould be the real life home of the fictional character Spock, from the TV show, Star Trek. The planet has been discovered orbiting the star, 40 Eridani, which as noted by Gene Roddenberry, is where the planet Vulcan orbits. The star is also know as HD 26965 and it was discovered by a team working on the Dharma Planet Survey
HD 26965 or 40 Eridani is about the same age of the Earth or around 4 billion years. It's 16 light years from Earth. The exoplanet in question is twice the size of the Earth and is considered to be a, "super earth." The planet has a 42 day orbit aournd its star and lies just inside the habitable zone. HD 26965 is cooler and less masive than Earth's sun, and it is just one star of a trinary star sytem. The discovery of 40 Eridani or HD26956 was made using the DEFT telecscope in Arizona.
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