Scientific and Technological Advanced Research Laboratories (Earth-5261)

"How about, Scientific, and Technological Advanced Research Laboratories. Or S.T.A.R. Labs, for short."

- - Eobard Thawne pitching the name's idea

The Scientific and Technological Advanced Research Laboratories, shortened S.T.A.R. Labs, was a research and development company based in Central City. Their greatest invention, however, the particle accelerator, was responsible for releasing the Big Bang Incident, a dark matter explosion upon the city that gave birth to numerous Metahumans, humans who gained powers thanks to the incident.