Is the planet Krypton real?

The search for exoplanets, worlds orbiting stars other than our own, has become a major field of research in the last decade – with nearly 2,000 such planets discovered to date. So the release of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice got me thinking: does Superman's home planet of Krypton actually exist? read more

A prominent astrophysicist has pinned down a real location for Superman's fictional home planet of Krypton. 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. read more

So if we find one of Krypton’s brothers and sisters, perhaps with more observations we would be able to infer its existence. To infinity and beyond But if we fail to find any planets around LHS 2520, we can always look elsewhere. read more

In order to find Krypton, the first thing scientists need to do is identify its star, or at least its type, Martin Archer says. Fictional Krypton's star Rao is red In 2012, an astrophysicist choose Rao's real location. read more