Uploaded March 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Mintaka is a real star in the constellation of Orion, in The Star Trek: Next Generation episode, "Who Watches the Watchers" we see that a race of Proto-Vulcans live on a planet in the Mintaka star system. Mintaka is a binary star system with one star being a blue supergiant. Patron Robert Williams asked, "What are the chances of a species evolving to the Bronze Age in orbit of a blue supergiant?"

Short Answer? None.

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Sources:
worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/46548/would-it-be-possible-for-a-planet-orbiting-a-blue-supergiant-to-develop-intellig
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mintaka
esahubble.org/projects/fits_liberator/fitsimages/davidedemartin_12
space-art.co.uk/image.php?gallery=stars-nebulae&image=blue-giant-star
nasa.gov/ames/kepler/habitable-zones-of-different-stars