How Realistic Are the Sci-Fi Planets in “Star Wars”?

WIRED 2016-01-20

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At NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory visualization specialist Robert Hurt breaks down the plausibility of sci-fi planets and galaxies in “Star Wars,” “Star Trek,” and “Alien."
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