Travel by Warp Bubble
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Travel by Warp Bubble

B2Upper-intermediateNovember 9, 20262 min
  • Science

Travel by Warp Bubble

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In the TV series Star Trek, the crew flies around the galaxy faster than the speed of light thanks to its warp drive.

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Looking for a way to move quickly through space? Have you tried traveling by warp bubble? In the TV series Star Trek, the crew flies around the galaxy faster than the speed of light thanks to its warp drive. This is because if you want to zip around the Milky Way, the speed of light is still pretty slow. Even the next closest star to Earth is four and a half light years away.

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The solution? Travel faster. Except it's not so easy. Einstein's special theory of relativity states that nothing can travel faster than the speed of light. But according to Einstein's general theory of relativity, space can expand or contract faster than light, leading to the idea what if instead of moving the

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spacecraft we move space itself. Introducing the warp bubble. A warp That bubble nestles our spaceship in a safe balloon of negative energy. The negative energy of the bubble compresses space ahead of our ship and expands space behind it.

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