Superman's 'Krypton' found
Superman has had an eventful few weeks. First he quit his job at the Daily Planet, and now he has discovered the location of his home planet Krypton.
In "Action Comics" No. 14, released on Wednesday, the iconic superhero is summoned to an observatory where he's met by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. In real life, Tyson is the director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
Tyson in the comic pinpointed Krypton, 27 years after it exploded. On that very night, its destruction is visible from planet Earth.
The astrophysicist also found where Krypton might have existed in our universe in real life. According to DC Comics (owned by Time Warner, which also owns CNN), it's in the constellation Corvus, 27.1 light years from Earth. This is the location of a red dwarf star called LHS 2520, which might have been able to support a planet like Krypton. (Click here for information on the star's coordinates to find it yourself.)
As DC Comics co-publisher, Dan DiDio put it in a statement, this is a momentous event in the history of the nearly 75-year-old character.
"Now fans will be able to look up at the night’s sky and say – ‘that’s where Superman was born,' " he said.
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There's a lot of gas here and I don't think its from Superman's exploding star. Excuse me while I open a window for some air.
Typical CNN gas, though.
but that's just me, hollering from the choir loft...
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Bah...I was expecting some information on a recent sighting of Dark Vader down in Argentina and I get this about a comic book.
Darth vader
you are just the type of person that would have voted for Mit
2 for 2.
They found Mitt's home planet of Kolub.
And now this.
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I thought only big fat toads (like the ones that pee on you when you pick them up, usually found out in Earths desert regions) were known to inhabit that planet.
Seriously, Mormons believe that they are from a different planet (I'm not a Christian, I don't know anything about the Mormon religion.) If so, how could Romny run for president? Where is his birth certificate?
You got it wrong, unfortunately, but it's just as crazy the reality. Mormons believe that they get to be gods (lowercase) in the afterlife, and each get their own planet to rule.
Correction: Mormons are NOT Christians. They are a cult.
Now if we can only spot Nibiru (planet X), before it destroys the Earth.....
dude go to real millenium falcon sightings and be a jedi knight ( o_/
and neburu yeah right super man was seen in romnea *super man zaps it with lazer eyez
Must be the same people that voted for obama
No, "those" people know Obama was born in Kenya and is actually a Muslim, socialist bent on destroying America and apple pie. Romney is the one from the planet Kolob... Hey! Wait a cotton pick'en minute... Where's HIS birth certificate!
This is all PTSD from the election.
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Superman was out flying one night and happens to fly by Lois Lane's apartment. He uses his xray vision and sees Lois lying in bed naked,. He thinks "I'm faster than a speeding bullet and I could fly down there, do the deed and be gone. She won't know I was there." So Superman does exactly that. After he leaves, Lois lifts her head off the pillow and says " What was that"? The Invisible man says "I don't know, but my butt holes really hurts."
nice.
So much for physics!
this is the most serious peice of journalism to appear on cnn in a long time,glad to see you are getting into the serioun issues of the day
Now find Kolob.
lol, Kolob exists though any Mormon can show you the way, maybe just past Krypton and just before Klingon territory.
Willard you can go home now.
Ah heck, I read this article thinking they had actually found Superman's planet.
Really, a comic is important enough to make the front page of the news? Keep up the, um, incredible work, CNN!
What happens if Superman decides to leave Earth? I foresee a reality show here.
Shhhhh... Don't give them any ideas!!!!
why? he would never(but his dawg wld
Why is the red star actually red? That's because of the higher composition of helium within the core of a red star. Maybe, helium spread into Krypton's atmosphere and the Kryptonians here on Earth were able to fly effortlessly. Perhaps the Kryptonians have helium atoms genetically embedded within the Kryptonian DNAs ....
Red stars appear red because they are cooler in temperature than yellow or blue stars. Blue stars are also younger. Red stars are older.
If ET came to Earth and saw us scooping the dogie poop, he would probably address himself to the dog, not us
...judging by your comments, it certainly wouldn't be you!
That's Jerry Seinfeld's line ...
he tried to just yesterday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!to me the dawg was scooping my poopoo
What is that comic panel at the top of the article supposed to be showing? Is that giant Green splotch supposed to be Krypton blowing up? What are they viewing? Not the night sky? And frankly.. it doesnt look like they are looking at a ghost, rather a giant green va jay jay
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Time Warner owns CNN and DC Comics. Using the the news to market your own product is nothing new
"he quit his job at the Daily Planet"? Yeah, right! More likely he was laid off like many other journalists these days.
Wait. I'm calling bullpucky.
IIf Superman is here on Earth long enough to grow up and get a job and then witness the destruction of his home planet because it is 27.1 light years away (the light from the event just getting here).....that would mean that his journey to Earth as a baby was far faster than the speed of light, which is almost certainly regarded as impossible. Plus, at that speed his crashlanding on Earth would have certainly shattered the planet. Even if he was going the speed of light, he would only now be arriving.
Thanks for getting all sciency and ruining it for everyone. Jerk!
He could have been frozen in a state of suspened animation for the journey to Earth.
Coulda gone through a worm hole. He coulda.
This is true.
after he broke the barrier of watz it called that makes wormholez
That's why the latest version of Superman comes out later this year or early next ... dude, Jor-el was more ingenious in space-flight technology than you'll ever imagine, give the guy credit! Fer cryin' out loud we put several rovers on Mars haven't we?He was also a victim of downsizing at the DailyPlanet as one being 'on the rolls too' ... He should get a good lawyer!! Maybe he can drum up some support from Commissioner Gordon in Metropolis .... Hmmmmm, sounds likes good storyline start for a Batman – Superman movie!!!
Impossible to go faster than the speed of light in a universe were superman himself can not only do just that, but also reverse time in the process?
Nope.. it all works out..
wormholes.......
Dude... it's just a comic book...
I thought superman's home planet blowed up. Blowed up real good.
Hahaha. I remember that skit although I forget which show it's from. But aside from that, you do realize that many of the 'stars' we see are actually light traveling from lightyears away...so far away that when something blows up, it takes light years for the light to be seen from earth? When I learned that I WAS blown away!
"blowed up real good" – SCTV John Candy and Joe Flaherty
Wait a minute so the ship carrying baby superman was travelling at faster than light speeds?
Wormhole theory would account for travelling that fast. During the first couple of years of the story line back in the late 30s, they presumed Krypton was in our solar system just past Pluto. It wasn't until the early 40s that they came up with Kryptonite (before that an exploding shell could penetrate his skin). And it wasn't until the late 40s that they moved Krypton outside our solar system.
I like John Byrne's reboot in the mid-80s, when Kal traveled sub-light speed in a matrix chamber that kept him in stasis for 60 years, It made a lot more sense.
Everything about this is just about the most retarded thing I've heard in a long time. And I listen to Republicans talk, so I've heard a lot of retarded lately.
lol
Now thats funny...
What?!? Are you honestly suggesting that Superman isn't real?? That's hilarious!! Next I suppose you'll sat that Santa Claus, Sasquatch and the Tooth Faery are made up too, and we all know that's not true.
actually we don't know weather they do exist only the lucky children do because i am one.
You mean you've heard the DemoRats talk... They're full of it... Obama has his way now .. no more worries about votes .. Things are about to get ugly, Real Quick
You sound like a sore loser to me. Obama and the dems help the middle classs, gopers steal from the poor to give to themselves.
What do you expect from a comic book set in the Superman Universe?
Wasn't his home planet destroyed by Darth Vadar and the death star? Maybe I'm watching too many movies.
Deport Superman an alien here illegally
At least he speaks English and can hold a job.
Now if Neil could only find Kolab so Mittens can phone home...
Too funny!
Oh great, now he's probably gonna find all his other refugee friends and they'll all illegally enter our atmosphere. Taking our jobs and worse, taking all our beautiful girl reporters for themselves. And there is nothing we can do about it because even a 5 yr old Kryptonian can kick 20 Earth people's butt!
Hey, Batman! Aren't you supposed to have some kryptonite hidden away for just this reason?
they all died in teh explozoen
I thought his home planet was destroyed?
Right...The planet is 27 light years away. They are are now just seeing the explosion (in the comic) 27 years later because it took that long for the light to get here.
But that would mean the ship baby superman was on traveled much faster than light.
I'm calling BS. In Superman – The Movie (1978), Superman tells Lois Lane in the terrace scene that he's from another GALAXY. Either Superman is a liar or he wasn't paying attention to his father Jorel's lessons onboard his ship when he left Krypton as a baby.
DC comics periodically reboot their comic book characters to make them a little fresher for new readers. This recently happened for Superman about a year ago. Supes had been married to Lois Lane for years but with the reboot he is still newly arrived and has been dating Wonder Woman. Obviously, they've also changed the location of his home planet and it was not destroyed by its exploding star but from internal planetary fractures.
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That's one of the things that always gave Marvel a bit of an edge in my mind. You can go to New York, and find a particular building, and look at a page from a Spiderman comic of him sitting on that very building. Their stories take place in real places, for the most part, and that gives you a connection to them. Just ask Forks, WA, a tiny little nothing town in the armpit of America that suddenly has a booming tourist trade thanks to a little series called Twilight. DC didn't have places like that. At least now, there's a small connection. You still can't go visit it, but you can at least look to the star and make that little connection.
Actually you can. New York still exists in the DC continuity, the new Supergirl comics actually had a whole story arc have it's climactic battle there. Superman actually conducted these observations at the Hayden in New York within the comic universe.
Metropolis and Gotham are both separate cities from New York that exist at indeterminite locations on the Eastern Seaboard.
Similarly, Central City (home of the Flash) is NOT a replacement for Kansas City, Chicago or St. Louis but is a separate city form them. Same with Coast City and Los Angeles.
HEY !! I live right near Forks. It is beautiful country up here. If this is the armpit of America, then you must be from the b-hole. Don't knock it if you havent visited.
This is a fun post to relieve us from pain caused by Superstorm Sandy.
Great story! Big fan of the Man O' Steel and Neil "Science And Discovery Channel" Tyson. Okay, now. We finally know where Krypton is/was – for real – in the constellation Corvus, the crow. Next challenge – find the Green Lantern homeworld of Oa. It's not "just" near a red dwarf but this orb is at the center of the entire universe! Hmm... I guess I could ask Sheldon Cooper, but I'll await the news from CNN with anticipation!
Isn't there a Multi-Verse concept in DC comics? Perhaps the intersection of two universes at that point can bring Krypton back, maybe even Bizarro Superman.
I dont even have to buy the next issue to find out what happens next because this story has already been told, thrice!
What a fun positive post.I can't wait to see how angry and hate filled the comments are:)
First!
Thank you for that earth shattering contribution.
But the earth-shattering conclusion lacked an earth-shattering kaboom. Where's the earth-shattering kaboom? 😉
Does not matter. This stuff was already done pre new 52.
Oh really? An astrophysicist already pinpointed the fictional location of Krypton? And said astrophysicist was already used as a character in the comic book? And Superman has already watched Krypton being destroyed as it happens from the observatory on Earth?
Your are eternally banished to your mother's basement!
Watch out, we got a badass over here.