A Warp Drive Breakthrough Inches a Tiny Bit Closer to ‘Star Trek’

A team of physicists has discovered that it’s possible to build a real, actual, physical warp drive and not break any known rules of physics. One caveat: The vessel doing the warping can’t exceed the speed of light, so you’re not going to get anywhere interesting anytime soon. But this research still represents an important advance in our understanding of gravity.

Moving Without Motion

Einstein’s general theory of relativity is a tool kit for solving problems involving gravity that connects mass and energy with deformations in spacetime. In turn, those spacetime deformations instruct the mass and energy how to move. In almost all cases, physicists use the equations of relativity to

→ Continue reading at Wired - Science

More from author

Related posts

Advertisment

Latest posts

What’s really happening in America’s economy (Trump and Biden spin aside) | CNN Business

New York CNN  —  The US economy is giving off weird vibes right now. There are millions...

Inflation isn’t keeping Americans from having fun this Memorial Day weekend | CNN Business

New York CNN  —  Americans may be sick and tired of dealing with high prices across pretty much every...

Google Search’s AI falsely said Obama is a Muslim. Now it’s turning off some results | CNN Business

New York CNN  —  Google promised its new artificial intelligence search tools would “do the work for you” and...