Star Trek: News

16 Dec 2024

Celebrity

Jill Jacobson (70), beloved 'Star Trek' actor, succumbs to cancer

Jill Jacobson, a celebrated actor known for her performances in Star Trek: The Next Generation and soap operas Falcon Crest and Days of Our Lives, has passed away. She was 70.

09 Nov 2024

NBC

'Final Destination' actor Tony Todd dies at 69

Tony Todd, the acclaimed Hollywood actor best known for his work in movies such as Candyman, Night of the Living Dead, and the Final Destination series, passed away at his Los Angeles home on November 6.

13 Oct 2024

Avatar

Zoe Saldaña's 'Star Trek' role has a James Cameron connection

Zoe Saldaña, one of the most popular actors in the sci-fi genre, recently opened up about her fears of being typecast for appearing in so many sci-fi films.

12 Oct 2024

Paramount Pictures

'Star Trek: Lower Decks': What's in store for final season

Star Trek: Lower Decks, the one-of-a-kind animated series in the Star Trek franchise, will conclude with its fifth season.

28 Aug 2024

Hollywood

'Star Trek' screenwriter Roberto accused of repeatedly 'raping,' 'hitting' wife

Roberto Orci, the screenwriter and producer known for his work on Star Trek and Transformers, has been accused of repeatedly physically and sexually assaulting his wife, actor Adele Heather Taylor.

21 Aug 2024

Christopher Nolan

Exploring the cosmos: 5 epic space sagas

While Star Wars has become synonymous with space adventure, the galaxy of cinematic experiences is vast and filled with other remarkable journeys.

05 Jun 2024

Hollywood

Veteran character actor Terrence Beasor (89) dies: Tracing his journey

Terrence Beasor, a seasoned character and voice-over actor, passed away on May 28 in his Santa Monica home, as confirmed by his representative. He was 89.

26 Feb 2024

Captain Marvel

Marvel actor Kenneth Mitchell (49) dies after 6-year ALS battle

Canadian actor Kenneth Mitchell—known for his work in Captain Marvel and Star Trek: Discovery—passed away on Saturday.

13 Aug 2023

Doctor Who

'Doctor Who's 56-year-old half-missing serial to receive animated restoration

A half-missing serial from the Doctor Who saga is being resurrected!

04 Jul 2023

Upcoming Movies

JJ Abrams teases audiences about 'Hot Wheels' film 

JJ Abrams—the filmmaker known for his work on the Star Wars and Star Trek franchises—is gearing up to ignite nostalgia by producing a live-action adaptation of Hot Wheels.

28 Aug 2022

Celebrity

'Star Trek's Nichelle Nichols's ashes to be sent into space

There is no doubt that the late legendary actor Nichelle Nichols belongs to the stars.

01 Jan 2021

Hollywood

Ashes of 'Star Trek's Scotty, James Doohan, resting in space

Imagine what it could be to reach for the stars, literally!

17 Oct 2020

Anthony Rapp

'Star Trek: Discovery' gets Season 4, may run till 2027

Those who have been watching Star Trek at a stretch would be ecstatic, given that CBS All Access is working on its fourth season.

13 Jan 2019

Al Pacino

Five funniest episodes of 'The Big Bang Theory'

In the interest of full disclosure, I am not a The Big Bang Theory fan.

09 Nov 2018

Albert Einstein

Stephen Hawking's wheelchair, thesis sold for over $1mn

On Thursday, the motorised wheelchair used by late British physicist Stephen Hawking sold for $391,740, while his thesis sold for a whopping $761,000.

25 Oct 2018

Harry Potter

NUJS to start law course based on Harry Potter universe

Come December, a nationally reputed law school, Kolkata's National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS), will start offering a law course based on the Harry Potter universe as an "experiment" to "encourage creative thinking".

22 Oct 2018

Hulk

NASA names constellations after Hulk, Thor's hammer, Godzilla: Details here

If you look at the night sky, you'd probably point out at least a few constellations like The Big Dipper or Orion's belt.

20 Aug 2018

California

#SheToo? Actress Argento, who accused Weinstein, paid her own accuser

Italian actress Asia Argento grabbed the spotlight when she became one of the first women to speak out against Harvey Weinstein's sexual transgressions.

23 Jul 2018

Amazon

Meet Rohit Prasad, the Indian-born engineer who created Amazon's Alexa

Despite being a distant sci-fi vision in the 1970s, virtual assistants have become commonplace now.

14 Mar 2018

Stephen Hawking

6 things you probably didn't know about Stephen Hawking

Legendary physicist Stephen Hawking died today at his Cambridge home. He was 76.

14 Mar 2018

Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking, renowned British scientist, dies aged 76

Iconic scientist Stephen Hawking, whose ideas shaped modern cosmology, died today at his home in Cambridge. He was 76.

08 Mar 2018

Solar Energy

You can send your name to the sun!

NASA is inviting the general public all over the globe to send in their names if they want to be featured on the US space agency's first solar probe this summer.

30 Oct 2017

Hollywood

"Spacey made a sexual-advance toward me when I was 14"

House of Cards actor Kevin Spacey tweeted on Monday morning apologizing to Star Trek actor Anthony Rapp, who accused Spacey of trying to seduce him when he was only 14. He has also admitted that he is gay.

06 Sep 2017

Finland

Making food is now as easy as turning on switch!

While we are nowhere close to producing any desired food using replicators like in Star Trek, a recent study has proven that food can be created out of thin air.

01 Aug 2017

Finland

Making food is now as easy as turning on switch!

While we are nowhere close to producing any desired food using replicators like in Star Trek, a recent study has proven that food can be created out of thin air.

02 Jun 2017

Technology

NASA's Parker Solar Probe: Humanity's first mission to the sun

In 1969, when Neil Armstrong from NASA's Apollo 11 mission took the first step on the moon and made history, it was immortalized by the famous quote, "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."

25 Apr 2017

India

ISRO's next space adventure to Venus is now seeking proposals

ISRO has announced that it will start accepting proposals regarding space-based experiments to study Venus, as it gears up to accomplish its first voyage to the planet.

13 Dec 2016

Mangalyaan

Scientists who shone through Mangalyaan

India's first interplanetary mission, Mangalyaan brought out pictures of the women at ISRO dressed in brightly coloured silk sarees celebrating the mission.