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 ...

For decades, the idea of “boldly going” across the stars has been confined to the flickering screens of science fiction, dismissed by many as a mathematical impossibility. But a groundbreaking new ...

Anyone who grew up obsessed with Star Wars will know the thrill of seeing Han Solo and Chewbacca launch the Millennium Falcon into hyperspace for the first time. In the films, hyperdrive engines allow ...

A pair of scientists have developed the latest theory of how we could bend space-time and create our very own physical warp ...

How much do we really know about what else is out there in the universe? Let's take an outlandish example. If there were aliens flying around our galaxy with the sort of warp drive technology we often ...

In a surprising paper, scientists say they’ve nailed down a physical model for a warp drive, which flies in the face of what we’ve long thought about the crazy concept of warp speed travel: that it ...