The Star Trek series that began it all is getting a 60th-anniversary box set on DVD and Blu-ray. Read on for more.

Recent research has brought new life to the concept of traveling faster than the speed of light, a technology once confined to the realms of science fiction, particularly popularized as “warp drive” ...

Ah, another week, another comic to preview. This time, we have Star Trek Celebrations #1 from IDW, hitting stores on Wednesday, May 29th. Brace yourselves for an anthology that's got more pride than a ...

I'm sure many readers of Universe Today are, like me, fans of the science fiction genre. From the light sabers of "Star Wars" to the neuralyzer of "Men in Black," science fiction has crazy inventions ...

When Gene Roddenberry created "Star Trek" in the 1960s, he instituted several rules for starship design that are still ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." On one particular Friday night in 1992, Miguel Alcubierre couldn’t stop thinking about Star Trek. For ...

How much do we really know about what else is out there in the universe? Let's take an outlandish example. If there were aliens flying around our galaxy with the sort of warp drive technology we often ...

“Scotty, I need warp speed in 3 minutes or we’re all dead.” This command by first generation “Star Trek” Captain James Kirk in the fictional 2020s is a famous line in modern science fiction. It’s the ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." On one particular Friday night in 1992, Miguel Alcubierre couldn't stop thinking about Star Trek. Every ...