... Teleportation was made popular b y t h e T V ser ies "Star Trek." ... Mars Plays Tag with Saturn. ... As July opens, Mars stands less than 1 degree from the slightly fainter Regulus, Leo's brightest star. ... As the planet passes in front of the star, the light dims. ... Transiting planets have changed the study of exoplanets because their physical properties can be routinely meas- Scientists are working to overcome the "refracted light problem" and cancel light from a star to "see" a planet. ...