I really think that this is a spectacular treat. Regular SF Intel reader Drew Fedynak sent me an August article from the much-acclaimed Time magazine here in the states. Some of you may remember the excitement around the discovery of a planet orbiting Epsilon Eridani two months ago, unfortunately by the time word got to me about it, the news was a week old, unfortunately. Anyway, thanks to Drew, I'm now posting the August article as it appeared in Time. Drew has also informed me he may have several other old articles to share, including one from up to two years ago. TREKKIE NEWS TRAVELING AT WARP SPEED: University of Texas astronomer William Cochran has discovered a Jupiter-size planet in the same orbit that Star Trek lore says you would find Vulcan, Mr. Spock's home world. That would be somewhere orbiting the star Epsilon Eridani, just a hop, skip and parsec from Earth, or 10.5 light-years to be exact. Epsilon Eridani was never mentioned on the 1960's TV series or in the six movies that featured the science officer played by Leonard Nimoy-indeed, producer Gene Roddenberry said in 1991 that the star he envisioned was 40 Eridani, which is 4 billion years old. Epsilon, he insisted, at about a billion years old, was not old enough for any advanced life-forms to have evolved on its planet, let alone the intelligent, relentlessly logical Vulcans. But Epsilon was the star of choice in at least one Star Trek Book, and the Earthling who first made contact with the Vulcans was Zephraim Cochrane-just an extra 'e' away from Texas astronomer Cochran. Talk about a mind meld. -By Leon Jaroff and Brad Liston/Earth Thanks again to Drew!! Captain's Log | Comment on this @ the SFI Forums