Star Trek

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.

The latest “Solo: A Star Wars Story” trailer and the impending “Lost in Space” reboot offer new looks at sci-fi pioneers.

The parents of “Star Trek” actor Anton Yelchin have reached a settlement with the makers of the SUV that crushed and killed him in his driveway in 2016.

George Takei took to Twitter on Saturday to deny groping a male model and Richard Dreyfuss said he never exposed himself to a female writer helping him with a TV script, both back in the 1980s. Takei, the 80-year-old “Star Trek” icon, said in a series of tweets that events described by Scott R. Brunton in The Hollywood Reporter “simply...

A statue of Anton Yelchin has been unveiled at a service honoring the late actor’s life, that was attended by Oscar winner, Jennifer Lawrence, and several of his collaborators in the “Star Trek” franchise.

The original “Star Trek” was born into a world of hurt. The United States was embroiled in a war that wouldn’t end. The president was increasingly embattled. Americans were polarized. Now, a half-century later, “Star Trek: Discovery” lands in a nation that seems no less burdened, while the new show’s mission is unchanged from the series that spawned it: to...

Comic-Con is full of panels that feature beloved actors and exclusive sneak peaks at footage of upcoming movies and shows, but there are also quite a few Klingon-eyebrow-raising ones in the mix. Here are five of the weirdest panels at San Diego Comic-Con this weekend.

One of the key attractions at any Comic-Con is the fan-made costumes. NBC talked to a few attendees about what inspired their look and how much it cost to put it all together.