“What would it take for ‘warp drive’ to stop meaning a screenplay shortcut and start meaning a solvable design problem?” In ...

A research paper proposes a fully physically realized model for warp drive. This builds on an existing model that requires negative energy—an impossibility. The new model is exciting, but warp speed ...

Warp drive has quietly shifted from pure fantasy to a live topic in serious physics, with new models showing how spacetime itself could be shaped without breaking Einstein’s rules. The latest designs ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Every Friday night, Alcubierre and his friends would rent a VHS tape of Star Trek: The Next Generation and watch an episode or two ...

In 1994, Miguel Alcubierre was able to construct a valid solution to the equations of general relativity that enable a warp drive. But now we need to tackle the rest of relativity: How do we arrange ...

The picture depicted above is not some secret NASA project built in the recesses of the dark side of the moon, but the brainchild of concept artist Mark Rademaker, who designed what could be the first ...