Space
Good news: Superman’s home planet found
Krypton is found 27.1 light-years from Earth, in the southern constellation Corvus (The Crow), says Neil deGrasse Tyson, director of the American Museum of Natural History’s Hayden Planetarium in New York City. The planet orbits the red dwarf star LHS 2520, which is cooler and smaller than our sun.
Tyson performed the celestial sleuthing at the request of DC Comics, which wanted to run a story about Superman’s search for his home planet.
The new book — Action Comics Superman #14, titled “Star Light, Star Bright” — comes out Wednesday. Tyson appears within its pages, aiding the Man of Steel on his quest.
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Except that Krypton blew up, so it can’t be found any longer except in the form of kryptonite meteorites.
Steven Den Beste on November 6, 2012 at 10:06 PM
Is this what they call “making sh1t up” now?
lorien1973 on November 6, 2012 at 10:17 PM
Just in time for the exodus.
RINO in Name Only on November 6, 2012 at 10:20 PM
Either that or Canada, I suppose. (Only kidding, I think.)
Attila (Pillage Idiot) on November 6, 2012 at 10:33 PM
How appropo…
“The United States isn’t in any danger… it’s just shifting it’s orbit slightly from another election…”
Skywise on November 6, 2012 at 11:00 PM
Do they have limited government there?
bgibbs1000 on November 7, 2012 at 1:57 AM
I haven’t seen that star but I have seen Epsilon Eridani, supposedly the location of the planet Vulcan.
backwoods conservative on November 7, 2012 at 7:45 AM
There will be no limited government anywhere. You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile.
backwoods conservative on November 7, 2012 at 7:46 AM
Not true. If Krypton (the star) blew-up and was, let’s say, 200-light-years away, then Superman came here to earth on a faster-than-light ship, then we could still see Krypton.
With this IRL star/planet, we are actually looking at what it was some 27.1 years ago. I would also highly doubt that this planet that orbits this red dwarf is habitable.
BigGator5 on November 7, 2012 at 8:24 AM
Probably, but resist WE WILL!.
Who is John Galt on November 7, 2012 at 8:49 AM