Black holes If a star has more than 25 times the mass of the Earth's Sun, they can collapse within themselves after they enter the neutron star stage. When they collapse, they become Black Holes. Black holes are extremely dangerous to get anywhere near, since they have a gravity field more than 1 billion times that of Earth. Such a field is so incredibly strong that not even light can't escape it. As dust and nearby particles enter the black hole, they create powerful gravity waves and X-rays that can endanger the area around.
If a starship were to stumble too close to a black hole, they would suffer immense gravitational sheer which would result the tearing apart of the ship. In theory, a ship can approach a black hole at a very specific tangent and be blasted into the extreme distant future or distant past. In 2337, the USS Fredericksburg reported locating a extremely ancient relic floating along the event horizon.
It is also theorized by the scientists that inside the core of the black hole is a white hole' into another universe or time. With the terrible amounts of gravimetric forces near the hole, it is impossible to ever no for sure what is inside.
Clusters A cluster is an anomaly in which several stars get close enough to the mutual support each other with their gravitational fields. Such clusters can be thousand of stars in size to ten or twelve stars. Generally speaking, the stars within the cluster are roughly the same size. These clusters are frequently filled with various planets in a wide variety of development. Only in the rarest of instances, will any of the planets within the cluster be hospitable for life in any form. There are generally have featured with a wide variety of planetoids, planets, asteroid fields, nebulas, massive gravitational fluctuations, and high levels of radiation.
Cosmic Strings Similar to that of a Black Hole in gravitational damage, a cosmic string is far more deadly than a black hole. Black holes are immobile and permenant, where as a cosmis string is very much mobile. Cosmic strings are only on proton in with and can be thousands of light years in length. Strings emit enormous gravitational pull, which frequently catch ships unaware. If a ship cannot escape the pull, a cosmic string can act like a cheese slicer on cheese and slice ships, planets and even stars in two.
Ion Storms occasionally stars emit electrically charges particles of stellar dusts and gases into space. These are referred to as ion storms. Storms wil continually move forward faster and faster until they disperse. Covering anywhere from a few miles to thousands of kilometers, these storms are very hard to detect. These storms can be very dangerous to ships and planets that have no shielding systems set up. Storms can interfere with ship systems, transporters systems, and other unprotected systems and personnel.
Nebula Nebula's are, in essence, large collections of dust and particles, which come in various sizes and shapes and have many different sizes in shape. Nebula's come in alphabetic and numeric classifications. Each classification has very unique characteristics.
Subspace Anomalies subspace is spatial continuum that is tangent to normal space, but carry with it completely different physical laws. Subspace is a powerful tool that is used by starships and communication devices. However, there are numerous instances where subspace is distorted into various conditions, some being good and beneficial and others are not so good. Some of those anomalies include: