5 Amazing Real-Life Facts About Superman

You ’ve probably heard that Neil DeGrasse Tysonwill be making an appearance in an forthcoming publication of the Superman comics . But to begin with today heshowed up on NPR ’s Morning Editionto explain the toothsome science behind the cameo , and cut down some knowledge about the Man of Steel . Here are five real - life sentence Superman facts he shared .

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Superman came to Earth through a wormhole

Because Superman allow for Krypton as an infant , make it to Earth as an infant just before Krypton ’s death , and is around to see the Christ Within from Krypton ’s destruction reach Earth , the must have made his interstellar journeying instantaneously . If he ’d just travel at near light stop number and go to age due to theory of relativity , he would have missed the explosion . A wormhole is the only way he could have get such a head start .

Superman is about 27 years old

Because LHS 2520 is 27 light years away and Superman arrived straightaway through a wormhole , we also know he ’s not only in his late mid-twenties , but in reality right around 27 land - years old . Depends on when his birthday is .

Krypton revolves around a star called LHS 2520

Since DC cites Superman ’s age at being “ late twenty , ” Tyson looked around for a desirable red whizz that could be find at that distance . He came up with LHS 2520 , which is 27 light years out . That is / was / would be Krypton ’s iconic red Sunday .

Earth’s telescopes could actually see Krypton if they all worked together

Normally you could n’t make out a planet that far away , only the illumination of its star . But it ’s not impossible if you use a theoretically plausible but much insane technique . essentially , you sour the whole planet into one giant telescope or “ interferometer , ” by pointing every telescope on Earth at the same spot . sure as shooting , the logitics are near impossible , but who does n’t owe Superman a big party favor ?

Superman is really good at math

Even if you ’ve got all the scope in the humanity aimed at one spot in the sky , you ’ve still bugger off to make sense of all that data , and that ’s not a problem even fictitious uranologist can tackle . It ’s a while of cake for Superman though ; he takes one look at all that stuff and uses his super brain to knead it all into one consistent glance of Krypton ’s 27 - year - one-time wipeout .

All in all , it ’s a fantastic take on Superman , and what cool way could you perchance use astrophysics to the iconic superhero we all jazz so in a heartfelt way ? “ Star Light , Star Bright … ” drops in January 2013 , so keep your eye out if you want to see the whole science - laden chronicle for yourself . That , and a bunch of stuff that is n’t so skill - laden , but cool yet . [ NPR ]

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