Star Trek

The end is nigh. IDW Publishing and DC Comics are approaching the end of their unique Star Trek/Legion of Super-Heroes crossover, with Star Trek/Legion of Super-Heroes #5 – the fifth of six titles – set to land in comic book stores on February 15. Once again, Star Trek's legendary Enterprise crew shares the page, not to mention an epic adventure, with DC favorites including Lightnin...

In space, everyone can hear you sneeze. Despite the ability to travel at faster-than-light speed, translate new languages with tiny mechanical devices and replicate raw matter particles into cups and saucers of Earl Grey tea, you still don't want to go out in the cold without a jacket. The medical advancements in Star Trek fill us with incredible optimism, but we'll always need medical practi...

Hollywood Collectibles Group is expanding their line of Star Trek-themed statues with a Captain Kirk 1:4 Scale Statue in the authentic likeness of William Shatner. Sculpted by Chris Vierra, with paint masters by Jeff Camp, Kirk is depicted in a yellow tunic and ready for action, posed on a transporter-themed base with a phaser in hand. The statue stands 19” tall, is constructed from heavy...

Let us start by saying what a great pleasure it is to write for StarTrek.com. We have both been Star Trek fans for a long time, and have been inspired by the show in some of our scientific endeavors. Indeed, we both watched Star Trek: The Original Series, when it first aired. That shows how far backward in time we go! However, we are also science educators and the authors of the new book Time T...

Star Trek stars old and new are in the news. Noel Clarke, one of the Brits – alongside Benedict Cumberbatch and Alice Eve -- helping round out the cast of the Star Trek sequel, recently spoke to London 360 about Trek about landing his still-unidentified role. He told them, “It was just an audition like all the others, really. You do your lines and see what happens, and luckily this ...

Many Star Trek fans have fantasized about traveling through the galaxy at warp speed in a starship of their very own. Luckily, there are manufacturers who are able to capture some of that excitement - even if it is just in miniature form. Since 2008, Round 2 has been producing Star Trek model kits under the AMT and Polar Lights brands. In most cases, long-lost classic kits have been brought bac...

StarTrek.com is pleased to introduce the newest member of our guest blogger family, Inge Heyer. A frequent convention guest, Heyer is an expert in physics and astronomy, as well as a Star Trek fan and former senior data analyst at the Space Telescope Science Institute. Below is her first "Strange New Worlds" blog feature. Having been part of fandom for over 40 years, the thought of plane...

Star Trek writer-producer Roberto Orci is on the hunt for Twitter followers and he's got a great lure for hooking people: the promise of behind-the-scenes photos from the upcoming Star Trek sequel. He's not posted any new shots yet, but as a taste of things possibly to come, he's posted behind-the-scenes shots from Star Trek (2009) today. There are shots of him, of J.J. Abrams, of the Star Trek...

He's got pale skin, yellow eyes and if you invite him to your wedding he may sing at the reception. He's Lt. Commander Data, android creation of Dr. Noonien Soong, and he's the heart-free heart of Star Trek: The Next Generation. At first blush, he may've seemed like an obvious proxy for The Original Series' Mr. Spock, but as portrayed by Brent Spiner, he very quickly defined Data as his own ch...

Nerf Herder has, to date, released six albums of pop punk music, scoring a minor hit with the song “Van Halen,” performing the theme song for TV’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer and cementing their place in pop culture history with the cult-favorite song “Mr. Spock” and its accompanying video, both of which were released in 2002. The song is simple: it’s about a ma...