Doctor Who's Gallifrey, Aliens' Xenomorph Prime, and Luke Skywalker's Tatooine are planets that all orbit imaginary stars. But when the USS Enterprise (in its various incarnations) visited planetary systems, the writers mostly imagined them circling real stars we can see. In this fascinating panel that merges science with science fiction, Michael E. Bakich (former senior editor, Astronomy magazine), Lisa Will (professor of astronomy and physics, San Diego City College), and Steven Snyder (CEO, Fleet Science Center, San Diego) show you the most famous ones and discuss the science of Star Trek and the possibilities of life elsewhere.
