Editing Vulcan (Star Trek) (section)

==Homeworld==
The fictional Vulcan homeworld, also named ''Vulcan,'' was visited several times in the ''Star Trek'' series and feature films. The inhabitants are known as "Vulcans" or "Vulcanians". First seen in the ''TOS'' episode "[[Amok Time]]", Vulcan, a [[Class M planet]], is an arid world with a thinner atmosphere than Earth. Upon beaming down, McCoy states "'Hot as Vulcan.' Now I understand what that phrase means." In the ''TOS'' episode "[[The Man Trap]]", while Uhura is attempting to make conversation with Spock, he informs her that Vulcan has no moon.

According to Star Trek canon, the planet orbits [[40 Eridani A]]. The authorized ''Star Trek'' book ''Star Trek: Star Charts''<ref name=geoffreymandel>{{cite book |title=Star Trek: Star Charts |last=Mandel |first=Geoffrey |date=2002 |publisher=Pocket Books |location=New York |isbn=0-7434-3770-5}}</ref> and Roddenberry himself<ref name="auto">{{cite web |url=http://www.projectrho.com/vulsun.htm |title=Vulcan's Sun |author=[[Sallie Baliunas|Baliunas]]; [[Gene Roddenberry|Roddenberry]] |access-date=2011-04-21 |display-authors=etal |archive-date=August 29, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090829142538/http://www.projectrho.com/vulsun.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> give this location. In addition, Commander Tucker's statement in the ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'' episode "[[Home (Star Trek: Enterprise)|Home]]" that Vulcan is "a little over" 16 light years from Earth supports this location, as 40 Eridani A is 16.39 light-years from our own [[Solar System]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.science.org/content/article/spock-s-home-world-has-been-discovered-sort|title=Spock's home world has been discovered (sort of)|date=2018-09-18|work=Science {{!}} AAAS|access-date=2018-09-20|language=en}}</ref> The planet's location is confirmed by a map shown in the ''[[Star Trek: Discovery]]'' episode "[[Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad]]".

In several [[Star Trek canon|non-canon]] works, Vulcan is also claimed to be located in the triple star system [[40 Eridani]], less than 17 [[light-years]] from Earth.<ref name=geoffreymandel/><ref name="auto"/>

The ''[[Star Trek: Discovery]]'' episode "Unification III" reveals that after the Vulcans reunified with their ancient cousins, the [[Romulan]]s, the Vulcan homeworld was renamed '''Ni'Var'''. Ni'Var had seceded from the Federation (due to the apocalyptic event known as The Burn); in the later episode "All Is Possible", Ni'Var rejoins the Federation.

In the 2009 film ''[[Star Trek (2009 film)|Star Trek]]'', an alternate timeline is created in which Vulcan is destroyed by Nero, a Romulan renegade. By the time of ''[[Star Trek Into Darkness]]'' a Vulcan colony named "New Vulcan" had been established.