Star Trek

Star Trek: Discovery Will Return for a Third Season, With an Extra Showrunner

It’s not really a surprise that Star Trek: Discovery will be back for more adventures next year—after all, it’s become the jewel in CBS All Access’ otherwise pretty spartan crown. But Alex Kurtzman will no longer be the sole showrunner when it does. EW reports that CBS has officially confirmed a third season of the…

io9 James Whitbrook Feb 27

Star Trek’s Jonathan Frakes Will Direct Patrick Stewart Once More for the Picard Show

The good Captain and his Number One are partnering up for a new mission. Jonathan Frakes has made quite the return to sci-fi recently from his command station in the director’s chair—from Star Trek: Discovery of course, to The Orville, and even dabbling in the world of The Gifted. But now Frakes has confirmed that…

io9 James Whitbrook Feb 27

Star Trek: Discovery’s Doug Jones Doesn’t Think We Should Worry About Sweet Saru

Star Trek: Discovery’s second season has been delving into some very interesting plots, especially when it comes to Commander Saru.

Television Jill Pantozzi Feb 25

On Star Trek: Discovery, Does Anyone Actually Want to Follow the Rules Any More?

Star Trek might be the ultimate nerdy franchise not because it’s about space exploration, spaceships, and science, but because really, it’s a TV series about a group of people who really love rules. And they love them because those rules bring with them a bountiful, idealistic utopian society. But lately, no one aboard the Discovery…

io9 James Whitbrook Feb 21

These Are Your Favorite Spaceship Reveals in All of Pop Culture

Last week, I asked you—yes you, or at least, the plural you that is the io9 readership—to tell me your favorite spaceship reveals in sci-fi and pop culture at large, that grand moment when an iconic ship comes into the scene for the very first time. And boy howdy, did you tell me about a…

io9 James Whitbrook Feb 18

Javier Grillo-Marxuach Takes on Fandom’s Generation Gap in ‘The Audacity of Being Jaded’

Javier Grillo-Marxuach is beloved by genre fans for the many TV shows he’s had a hand in writing and producing—including Lost, The 100, the Xena reboot that sadly never was, and the upcoming Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. A few years back, he released a book of essays about his time in the TV trenches, and…

Movies Cheryl Eddy Feb 18

Star Trek: Discovery’s Stars Reveal More About Last Night’s Big Surprise

Star Trek: Discovery’s stars finally got a chance to talk more in depth about a big plot kept secret for a while. There were seasons of love on Star Trek: Discovery this past Sunday, as we finally got that long-awaited reunion between two fan-favorite characters. But now that things have changed, what lies in store…

io9 Beth Elderkin Feb 15

Star Trek: Discovery Just Gave Us a Mushroom Love Story and a Deal With the Devil

Happy Valentine’s Day? Love was in the air on the starship Discovery last night. And trippy spores. And a whole lot of weird science. Oh, and some potentially major problems ahead for both Captain Pike and Michael Burnham. So you know, same old same old for Star Trek: Discovery! We like to think of Star…

io9 James Whitbrook Feb 15

Report: The Latest Star Trek Animated Series Could Find a Home at Nickelodeon

The first Star Trek series to land outside of CBS All Access in this current era of “All Trek, all the time” might be boldly going where no Star Trek has gone before—and found a new home alongside the likes of the Ninja Turtles. The Hollywood Reporter has word that a deal is close to…

io9 James Whitbrook Feb 13

Star Trek: Discovery Nearly Forgot One Important Detail on Its Original Series Uniforms

And it turns out, a little bit of CG magic is what saved the day. Speaking to Comicbook.com, Discovery costume designer Gersha Phillips revealed that the show’s take on the classic style uniform seen in the original Star Trek almost went a bit awry. Worn in Discovery’s second season premiere by Captain Pike and the…

io9 James Whitbrook Feb 12

Jeff Bezos Nudes, Self-Aware Fish, and Brain Zapping: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week

A good rule of thumb if you’re going to threaten to publish nude photos of the richest man on the planet unless he says you’re not working with the Saudi government is: Probably don’t do that! And if for some reason you are reckless enough to do that, you probably shouldn’t do so in writing!…

Tech News Tom McKay Feb 10

Saru From Star Trek: Discovery Gives Sensible, Practical Workplace Advice

Just don’t take his lunch. In a delightful short video posted by the Star Trek: Discovery Twitter account, Doug Jones, the master of makeup and disguise who plays the kindly Saru on Discovery, takes some time out of his day to answer some fan questions, offering Saru’s advice on a variety of common workplace problems.…

io9 Julie Muncy Feb 10

Star Trek: Discovery Inspired This Fan to Produce Some Amazing Sketches and Paintings

Art begets art. And, in this case, a love for Star Trek inspires some beguiling sketch work. Twitter user @SerinaTirek, inspired by her passion for Star Trek: Discovery in particular, has filled up her feed with incredible, detailed sketches from this era and past eras of Trek. Her work is sharp, photographic, and just lovely.…

io9 Julie Muncy Feb 9

Heroes Never Die, and Neither Do the Week’s Best Toys

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9’s regular roundup of our favorite new toys on the internet. This week: Nerf overkill! Overwatch’s Mercy swoops in! Very nice chairs! And much, much more. Check it out! Nerf N-Strike Elite Titan CS-50 Blaster If it’s good enough to help take down an alien Predator running through the jungles,…

io9 Andrew Liszewski Feb 8

A Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Brings Out Star Trek: Discovery‘s Best

Pretty much every other episode of Star Trek is a good “Hey, everything’s broken?” or “We encountered a thing and everything’s broken?” type of episode. On the latest Discovery, basically five of those episodes happened at once—but after pulling themselves out of multiple wringers, the crew might be in better form than ever. Mostly. “An…

io9 James Whitbrook Feb 7

What We Know About Every Star Trek Show in the Works Right Now

After years and years on the back burner, Star Trek is truly ascendant on television once more. Although for now we just have Star Trek: Discovery, soon enough CBS wants us watching tons of new space exploration shows. While we’re not quite at five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred Trek shows just yet, there’s a…

io9 James Whitbrook Feb 7

Temporal Anomaly is a Star Trek Fan Film Half a Decade in the Making

First conceived and pitched to Kickstarter backers in 2013, Temporal Anomaly is an ambitious fan project set in the Star Trek universe, a nearly hour-long fan film created by Power543 Fan Films. Set at a nexus in time, colliding the past and future of Star Trek, this ambitious production makes use of the same special…

io9 Julie Muncy Feb 3

A Brief History of the U.S.S. Enterprise‘s Pre-Kirk Voyages

The original Enterprise’s voyages to explore strange new worlds, and to seek out new life and new civilizations under the auspices of its most famous captain, are a legend Star Trek fans are more than familiar with. But Kirk wasn’t Enterprise’s first captain. Now that the famous ship has shown up on Discovery, here’s a…

io9 James Whitbrook Feb 1

On Star Trek: Discovery, Bad Choices and Family Drama Are What Bind the Galaxy Together

Human, Klingon, Vulcan. Whatever you are, wherever you are, on Star Trek: Discovery, you’ve probably got some really messed-up family stuff to work out. The first few episodes of Star Trek: Discovery’s second season felt like a big break from the giddy ups and downs of its first. The show has been constantly reminding us…

io9 James Whitbrook Jan 31

Patrick Stewart’s Timeless Visage Means He’ll Actually Look Younger in Picard Than in TNG‘s Finale

“Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety.” Only time will tell if Shakespeare was truly writing about Enobarbus recounting Mark Anthony’s first meeting with Cleopatra, or the countenance of Sir Patrick Stewart, one of humanity’s most enduring structures. Whatever pact with a timeless god Stewart has made to seemingly be incapable of…

io9 James Whitbrook Jan 30

Star Trek: Discovery Will Return for a Third Season, With an Extra Showrunner

Star Trek’s Jonathan Frakes Will Direct Patrick Stewart Once More for the Picard Show

Star Trek: Discovery’s Doug Jones Doesn’t Think We Should Worry About Sweet Saru

On Star Trek: Discovery, Does Anyone Actually Want to Follow the Rules Any More?

These Are Your Favorite Spaceship Reveals in All of Pop Culture

Javier Grillo-Marxuach Takes on Fandom’s Generation Gap in ‘The Audacity of Being Jaded’

Star Trek: Discovery’s Stars Reveal More About Last Night’s Big Surprise

Star Trek: Discovery Just Gave Us a Mushroom Love Story and a Deal With the Devil

Report: The Latest Star Trek Animated Series Could Find a Home at Nickelodeon

Star Trek: Discovery Nearly Forgot One Important Detail on Its Original Series Uniforms

Jeff Bezos Nudes, Self-Aware Fish, and Brain Zapping: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week

Saru From Star Trek: Discovery Gives Sensible, Practical Workplace Advice

Star Trek: Discovery Inspired This Fan to Produce Some Amazing Sketches and Paintings

Heroes Never Die, and Neither Do the Week’s Best Toys

A Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Brings Out Star Trek: Discovery‘s Best

What We Know About Every Star Trek Show in the Works Right Now

Temporal Anomaly is a Star Trek Fan Film Half a Decade in the Making

A Brief History of the U.S.S. Enterprise‘s Pre-Kirk Voyages

On Star Trek: Discovery, Bad Choices and Family Drama Are What Bind the Galaxy Together

Patrick Stewart’s Timeless Visage Means He’ll Actually Look Younger in Picard Than in TNG‘s Finale

Wearables Are Getting Very Messy

Trump Wants to Start Privatizing TSA in Latest Budget Proposal

Lost Warship From Battle of Copenhagen Found After 225 Years

These One-of-a-Kind Objects Are in the Wrong Museums

Two Songs We Really Wish Were the Anime Outros for ‘Steel Ball Run’

AI Training Data Giant Mercor Is Reportedly Looking to Buy the Work You Did at Your Old Job

Utah Is Giving Dr. AI the Power to Renew Drug Prescriptions

Here’s the Perfect Excuse to See ‘Project Hail Mary’ Again

AirPods Max 2 vs. Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones (2nd Gen): Which ANC Headphones Win?

The Best Gadgets of March 2026

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Let us help find what you are looking for...