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Unfortunately for Star Wars fans, Dr Clough says that Star Trek actually ... powering a warp drive would be so unstable that it would need to be contained by some kind of field.

In Star Trek, an antimatter warp drive allows the Enterprise starship to travel the universe effortlessly, but is this faster-than-light propulsion system actually possible? A Final Takeoff ...

Mexican theoretical physicist Miguel Alcubierre believes instead of moving through space a ship could bend space itself using ...

In Star Trek, dilithium crystals — whatever those are — are critical to the operation of a starship’s warp drives. But a Texas professor thinks he can make a baby step towards a warp drive ...

Through "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and later series ... Cochrane's design works by creating and exerting force on nested warp field layers, a process that forces radiated energy into ...