3D Rendering of warp speed in hyper loop with blur light from buildings’ lights in mega city at night. File photo credit: kkssr via Shutterstock.Recent research has brought new life to the concept of traveling faster than the speed of light, a technology once confined to the realms of science fiction, particularly popularized as “warp drive” speed in the series “Star Trek.”
“This study changes the conversation about warp drives,” said lead author Jared Fuchs of the University of Alabama, Huntsville and the research think tank Applied Physics, in a statement, Space.com reported. “By demonstrating a first-of-its-kind model, we’ve shown that warp drives might not be relegated to science fiction.”
The process involves compressing space-time in front of the spaceship while expanding it behind, allowing for rapid travel across vast distances. The primary obstacle identified was the requirement for negative energy, a concept that remains speculative and largely undefined.