Orbiting within its star’s habitable zone, it’s often imagined as a world capable of sustaining life. In Pluribus, the signal from Kepler-22b feels both scientific and supernatural - a credible mystery rooted in real astronomy.
Its distance and potential habitability make it the perfect vessel for a message that feels intimate and alien at once.
Kepler-22b has also appeared across modern science fiction as a kind of canvas for human imagination.
Kepler-22b has also appeared across modern science fiction as a kind of canvas for human imagination.
It was the setting of Ridley Scott’s 2020 series Raised by Wolves, and was also mentioned in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (“Spock Amok”).
