NASA gets Vulcan-ised
By Mark Steer
Last week was a big one in space. Firstly astronomers announced the discovery of the most hellish planet yet found. Bucked up by the news they got a little overconfident. Before a group of bemused journalists, and before anyone in authority could stop them, they proclaimed a new initiative to locate Mr Spock’s home planet of Vulcan. But more of that later.It’s been twelve years since scientists first identified a planet outside our own solar system and in the last few years they’ve really picked up the pace. They’ve found