Synopsis: A mysterious alien aircraft that is destroying everything in its path is furiously heading towards Earth, and it's up to the Star Trek crew to stop the potentially deadly invasion.

Science: At least one of the Starship Enterprise's capabilities is being proposed for current space shuttles. Researchers in Britain are exploring the idea of a deflector shield to protect astronauts from the sun's radiation. Scientists at a meeting of the UK's Royal Astronomical Society suggested generating a magnetic field and then filling it with plasma to block harmful particles.