Star Trek

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1. A television series of the 1960s, and later a series of successful films, in which a group of space explorers in their craft, the Enterprise, traveled through interstellar space.

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The original Star Trek programs spawned a number of other television series during the late twentieth century and early twenty-first century.

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Charged particles of solar wind constantly catapult toward Earth, but most get deflected by the magnetosphere, which acts like a real-life Star Trek shield.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

"I think of it like the Star Trek motto, to boldly go where no one has before," Burton says.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 23, 2026

Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. together control 30% of the U.S. box office, BofA estimates, including titles like Star Trek, Harry Potter, and DC Comics.

From Barron's ● Mar. 10, 2026

We believed in the “conquest of space,” that Star Trek was a plausible version of life in the 23rd century.

From Slate ● Dec. 9, 2025

Long ago, he’d learned the easiest way to annoy Hila was to call them Star Trek hands.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny