A meteor shower
A meteor shower (also called a meteor storm) is an astronomical phenomenon caused by meteors that poses a hazard to starships.
In 2268, the Galileo was hit by a meteor storm, causing it to crash onto a nearby planet. (TOS comic: "Day of the Inquisitors")
In the Kelvin timeline, Deep Space Station K-5 was destroyed by a meteor storm in 2262. (TOS - Stranger Worlds comic: "Issue 1")
External links
- Meteor shower article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Meteor shower article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.