4 Ups And 5 Downs For Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 3.4 — A Space Adventure Hour

6. UP — Neutron (Guest) Star

The neutron star was a side character in A Space Adventure Hour. The existential threat it posed by way of gamma burst was quickly avoided, all too quickly. A little rerouting of power here, some rapid acceleration there from the suddenly reinstated Ortegas, and ship and crew were saved. That is not a DOWN, however. 

On the contrary, this is an UP for the visuals of the star itself. Neutron stars have been seen in Star Trek before, though never this close. A Space Adventure Hour, much like Star Trek: The Next Generation's Evolution before it, was also scientifically accurate in its depiction.

Reaching temperatures of thousands upon thousands of degrees Kelvin, neutron stars are typically blue-white in colour like the one in the episode. They also emit gamma-ray bursts. As per the episode, a neutron star may also collapse into a black hole if it accretes enough matter from, or collides with, a companion star.