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- 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.
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The exploding Krypton sent her ship into the Phantom Zone, while Superman arrived 24 years after Krypton exploded. If these ships move close to the speed of light, 24 years would be 24 light years; much closer to the star Neil DeGrasse-Tyson chose for Krypton.
- DC Comics has finally decided where Krypton is located . Teaming up with Neil deGrasse Tyson, a famed astrophysicist, they have agreed on a star ma...
- According to the DC wiki, post Crisis, Krypton had orbited a star named Rao, 50 light years away. http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Krypton_%28Post-Crisis%29
- In the first season, first episode of Supergirl at around 16 minutes, Kara Zor-El says, "I didn't fly 2,000 lightyears just to be an assistant." Th...
- I'm fairly sure that Jor El chose Earth because it was inhabited, they saw that there were humans there, so the distance (in light years) between E...
Nov 6, 2012 · 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...
Nov 5, 2012 · 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...
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Nov 9, 2012 · Though Superman made the journey quickly, the light from the destruction of Krypton is just reaching Earth now, Tyson said, when Superman is in his late 20s.
Kepler 186F is about 490 light-years (151 pc) from the Earth. The original explanation for Superman's strength was a higher gravity on Krypton compared to Earth, so we got that covered. It orbits its local star inside the habitable zone (sweet spot where its not too hot/cold for water to be present).
The distance from Earth to Krypton has never been established with absolute certainty, but scientist Mel Evans has estimated the probable distance at 0.317 light years. Krypton was a planet of staggering richness and incomporable natural beauty.
Nov 7, 2012 · Superman’s home planet actually orbits a red dwarf star called LHS 2520 and located in the constellation Corvus — 27.1 light-years from Earth. The Krypton-supporting star found for the “Star ...
