“What would it take for ‘warp drive’ to stop meaning a screenplay shortcut and start meaning a solvable design problem?” In modern relativity theory, the solution has shrunk from fantasy to accounting ...

The idea of warp drive—the ability to travel faster than the speed of light—has fascinated humanity for decades. It began as a fictional concept in Star Trek and Star Wars, fueling imaginations and ...

Warp drives are staples of science fiction. And in 1994, they became a part of science fact. That's when Mexican physicist Miguel Alcubierre, who was inspired by Star Trek, decided to see if it was ...

Speculative new research outlines a method for detecting extraterrestrial civilizations: by catching the gravitational waves produced by the collapse, or failure, of their warp drives. Sounds wild, ...