Star Trek

It dates back to 2011, but we couldn’t help but share this fantastic medley of some of the classic theme music from the Star Trek universe, performed impeccably on the pipe organ by Cantor Ralph Leinen at St Donatus church in Aachen Brand, Germany.

Our second look at the new Star Trek series is still pretty light on plot, but it does a good job showing off more of the cast of characters, enemies, ships, props, and costumes, all of which have a look that’s pretty different than any other Trek to date. (Thanks Jack!)

Trekkies who prefer to rum and fruit juice cocktails to Romulan ale will be thrilled with this awesome set of tiki glasses, inspired by The Original Series. The set of 14oz. ceramic tikis includes likenesses of Captain Kirk, Dr. McCoy, a Gorn, a Klingon, Mr. Spock, and a Mugato.

Sonequa Martin-Green, Michelle Yeoh, Jason Isaacs, and Doug Jones star in the first new Trek series in over a decade. It takes place in the pre-Kirk era, and is being told from the perspective of the ship’s first officer. The pilot hits CBS, followed by a full season on CBS All Access.

Filmmaker Patrick Collins took footage from the 1979 film Star Trek: The Motion Picture, and combined it with Daft Punk’s score from TRON: Legacy, recutting what was originally a slow and plodding 2+ hour film into a 22-minute audiovisual masterwork.

It’s hard enough to limit your caffeine intake, and served up in this Star Trek TNG Borg Cube coffee mug, resistance is completely futile. The hive mind tells us to take ours black, with seven of nine sugars.

The latest ugly/not-ugly holiday sweater from Middle of Beyond features stitched images of the classic USS Enterprise, Klingon birds of prey, phasers, and the ship’s crew. Made from 100% acrylic, guaranteed to survive a trip through the transporter.

Kirk to Enterprise! Two beers to beam up! These hilariously awesome beer can coolers are the only Starfleet sanctioned way to keep your brew chill and your hand from freezing off as you complete your five-year mission. Choose from Kirk or Spock.

Pogo’s latest creative edit is made up of sound bites from Star Trek: The Next Generation. It features the voices of Commander Data and Captain Picard waxing philosophical, as data sings some La Bohème, and Jean-Luc recites Tennyson and Shakespeare.

A behind the scenes look at the Smithsonian’s restoration of the original model of the U.S.S. Enterprise, used on screen in all 79 original episodes of Star Trek. The care that went into bringing this sci-fi icon back to life over the course of 2 years is truly impressive.

Tested visited Quantum Mechanix’s booth at San Diego Comic-Con to look at the toymaker’s upcoming spaceship scale models. The highlight of the booth is definitely the cutaway Millennium Falcon, but the Star Trek Beyond ship and Star-Lord’s Milano are awesome too.

The universe is under attack by The Red Empire, a race of robots intent on wiping out all organic life. It’s up to the crew of the NX-01 Enterprise to stop them. Jürgen Kaiser’s stop-motion fan film is an incredible achievement and a true labor of love. (In German w/subtitles)

Currently on exhibit at the Jonathan LeVine Gallery in NYC, IKON is a collection of exploded anatomical diagrams of famous celebrities, characters and landmarks by street artist and painter Nychos. It’s on display until 7/23/16.

It’s the perfect gift for Star Trek fans from The Original Series to the J.J. Abrams movies, and everything in between. Learn the history of Starfleet, character backgrounds, Trek tech in layperson’s terms, and much more in author Paul Ruditis’ 300+ page visual guidebook.

The latest trailer for the new Star Trek movie reminds us that just because Fast & Furious director Justin Lin is behind the lens this time, that we can still expect the classic characters and alien threats we know and love. Here’s hoping they didn’t forget the humor.

While all it basically shows us are the new logo and a bunch of strange new worlds flying by, this teaser still gets us excited for the prospects of a whole new Star Trek TV series. To watch it when it arrives early in 2017, you’ll need to subscribe to CBS All Access.

YouTuber SpockBoy seamlessly combined footage from Star Trek: The Original Series and the awesomely campy 1960s Batman TV show to create a hilarious scene in which Captain Kirk takes Doctor McCoy on the ride of his life.

CGP Grey looks at one of the most desired and elusive pieces of technology from the Star Trek universe, and explains how even if transporter beams did exist, we’d have to die and be reincarnated every time we used them.

J.J. Abrams was too busy in that other Star universe to direct the new Star Trek film, but Justin Lin’s (Fast & Furious) franchise debut looks like a summer romp that should satisfy action fans more than any Trek movie before. Let’s hope the sci-fi and humor come through.

YouTuber gazorra’s latest Star Trek: The Next Generation edit plays on Captain Picard’s love for Earl Grey tea. When the captain’s tea time is interrupted by a malfunctioning gadget, he screws over the crew to get his fix.

3D modeler and Star Trek fanatic Jason B is building out an insanely detailed digital reconstruction of the Starship Enterprise-D as it appeared on The Next Generation. Take a tour of the first few levels of his ambitious VR project for the Oculus Rift.

A brilliantly edited music video for William Shatner’s cheesetastic talk-singing cover of Pulp’s Common People, matched perfectly to scenes from Star Trek the Original Series by YouTuber LordRicco666. (Thanks Conner!)

Donate at least $10 on Omaze to support nine different charities and you could win a walk-on role in Star Trek: Beyond. You’ll be flown to the movie set to hang out and act with Chris Pine and the rest of the cast and crew.

Musical mashup makers Eclectic Method make it so with this tune, assembled from sound bytes from everyone’s favorite Starfleet Captain. We especially enjoyed the little chiptune tribute to The Next Generation’s theme song.

Capt. Picard and the NCC-1701-D fight Darth Vader and the Death Star in a battle to determine who’s dorkier. Is it the jargon-spewing slumber party or the cult of rave toys? All we know is we wish there was a Star Riker show.