Astronomers put out the call this week for cosmic names worthy of the two unnamed moons of Pluto, and Captain James T. Kirk has answered. Famed actor William Shatner, who portrayed the iconic ...

Vulcan has disappeared! Mr Spock’s home world will not give its name to a moon of Pluto, despite the best efforts of Star Trek actor William Shatner. Instead, the names of Pluto’s fourth and ...

And the winner is Vulcan, a name suggested by actor William Shatner, who played Capt ... and the nephew of Pluto. Vulcan was also the home planet of the pointy-eared humanoids in the Star Trek ...