Star Trek

Nichelle Nichols’s role in the 1966-69 series as Lt. Uhura earned her a lifelong position of honor with the series’ rabid fans, known as Trekkers and Trekkies

Relatives say Sunday that Nichelle Nichols, who broke ground for Black women acting on television as the beautiful, no-nonsense communications officer Lt. Ntoya Uhura on the original “Star Trek” TV series, has died at the age of 89.

After light years in space, actors Sonequa Martin-Green and Kate Mulgrew are meeting up on Earth to compare “Star Trek” stories.

Levar Burton’s pursuit of becoming a game show host is no longer in jeopardy.

Almost exactly 55 years ago, the original “Star Trek” series starring William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy took viewers across the galaxy, to explore brave new worlds. Now the legacy of what Gene Roddenberry created continues in the new Nickelodeon Animation Studios series, “Star Trek: Prodigy.” Rather than adults at the helm as we’ve seen in so many “Star Trek” projects,…

The former “Star Trek” co-stars have been feuding for decades.

An online petition started by a fan and shared by Burton on Twitter this week calls for the long-time “Reading Rainbow” host to take the helm of the game show and has garnered over 175,000 signatures.

On TV, Captain Kirk was the original “Star Trek” leader — steadfast, eloquent, intellectually curious, generally honorable. He could also be brooding, privileged and a top-down manager. But Kirk had been preceded as captain of the Enterprise by Christopher Pike, who only appeared once in the original series. Now, Captain Pike is back, played by actor Anson Mount.

René Auberjonois, a prolific actor best known for his roles on the television shows “Benson” and “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” and his part in the 1970 film “M.A.S.H.” playing Father Mulcahy, has died. He was 79. The actor died Sunday at his home in Los Angeles of metastatic lung cancer, his son Rèmy-Luc Auberjonois told The Associated Press....

D.C. Fontana, a writer and story editor for the original “Star Trek” television series and later a contributor to “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and other related projects, has died at age 80. Fran Evans, a family friend, told The Associated Press that she died Tuesday after a brief illness. Dorothy Catherine Fontana, who used the initials D.C. after...

Tell the folks at home, what you’re doing, Anthony Rapp. Uh, getting engaged. The “Star Trek: Discovery” actor and original cast member of cult Broadway musical “Rent” is set to marry partner Ken Ithiphol. The two have been together for at least two years. Rapp, 48, announced the happy news on his Instagram page on Saturday night, alongside a photo...

The possibility of traveling to the moon had long invigorated the dreams of storytellers. But the realization of that vision, and the images it produced, opened up entirely new horizons.

A dune formation found on Mars would seem — without knowing the story of dunes, lava and wind behind it — highly illogical. Many fans of the show “Star Trek” are noting one particular dune “footprint” looks curiously like the show’s logo. But scientists say this is just a coincidence. Here’s why: A long time ago, there were large crescent-shaped...

A nearly silent, drone-sized aircraft has shown it can fly, thanks to a scientist who was inspired by watching “Star Trek” as a child. With neither propellers nor jets, the airplane gets its thrust by applying a strong electric field to the air. That general idea has been demonstrated at science fairs, but the new work shows it can power...

A longtime TV memorabilia collector is putting props and costumes from “Batman,” ”Star Trek” and other shows up for auction.

Can there be a “Roseanne” without Roseanne? The answer is yes, indeed. There can even be a pretty good sitcom. And you might not miss her that much. ABC on Tuesday night aired the first episode of “The Conners,” a spinoff of “Roseanne” without Roseanne Barr. An overdose of pain pills may be the explanation for the contentious comedian’s absence...

Harlan Ellison, the prolific, pugnacious author of “A Boy and His Dog,” and countless other stories that blasted society with their nightmarish, sometimes darkly humorous scenarios, has died at age 84. Ellison’s death was confirmed Thursday to The Associated Press by Bill Schafer, an editor with Subterranean Press, the author’s publisher. A woman who answered the phone at Ellison’s office,...

A Bay Area man who worked as one of President George H.W. Bush’s Press Aide recalls fond memories of his time in the White House as former First Lady Barbara Bush is laid to rest Saturday.