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\cf3 \ul DC Comics}}\
\f1 \uc0\u8232 \f0\b BY LORA VLAEVA AND JENNESSA EWING
\f1\b0 \uc0\u8232 \f0\b ANCHOR ZACH TOOMBS
\f1\b0 \uc0\u8232 \u8232 \f0 Thanks to astrophysicist Neil deGrasse
Tyson, Superman\'92s planet Krypton won\'92t be a myth anymore \'97\'a0or at least its
location won\'92t. On Monday, Superman\'92s franchise owner DC Comics released a statement
saying Tyson had pinpointed a real position for Krypton.
\f1 \uc0\u8232 \u8232 \f0 This happens in the context of the new
Superman comic, \i Star light, Star bright
\i0 , announce for release on November 7th, in which the superhero searches for his home
planet. \f1 \uc0\u8232 \u8232
\f0 DC Comics asked Tyson to search the sky for a Krypton-like planet.
\f1 \uc0\u8232 \u8232 \f0 With the information given by DC Comics,
Tyson determined that the planet, if it existed, would belong to the Corvus Constellation,
a system located 27.1 light years away from the earth. There, it would have orbited around
a colder and smaller star than the sun: LHS 2520. ({\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypLgvMwN_VY"}}{\fldrslt
\cf3 \ul \ulc3 Via Warner Bros}}) \f1 \uc0\u8232 \u8232
\f0 This is big publicity for Tyson, who is the editor as well as for the director of
the {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/49697073/ns/technology_and_science-space/#.UJgeFWlCLrc"}}{\fldrslt \cf3 \ul \ulc3 Hayden Planetarium,}} who will
appear in the week\'92s \i Action Comics
\i0 #14. \f1 \uc0\u8232 \u8232
\f0 Tyson had this to say in the {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "http://www.dccomics.com/blog/2012/11/05/dc-comics-and-neil-degrasse-tyson-put-krypton-on-the-map-with-historic-superman"}}{\fldrslt
\cf3 \ul \ulc3 DC Blog release:}} \'93 \b As a native of Metropolis, I was delighted
to help Superman, who has done so much for my city over all these years. And it\'92s
clear that if he weren\'92t a superhero he would have made quite an astrophysicist."
\f1\b0 \uc0\u8232 \u8232 \f0 And this is not the first time Tyson has
dabbled in fiction.{\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/nyer_is_super_smart_seMJnvJaXju74neeqHgM2M"}}{\fldrslt
\cf3 \ul According to The New York Post,}} he recently convinced director James Cameron
to modify the sky appearance in the re-release of his classic movie \'91Titanic\'92, in order
to mirror the look of that evening\'92s actual night sky.
\f1 \uc0\u8232 \u8232 \f0 With the release, Superman\'92s myth seems
to have entered the real-world science. \f1 \uc0\u8232
\f0 \ }