Philosophical-sounding edge cases help scientists refine their models and explore how and where their theories may fail.

For science-fiction enthusiasts, that’s a bit depressing. Space is big, and while the speed of light is incredibly fast to us ...

The idea of warp drive—the ability to travel faster than the speed of light—has fascinated humanity for decades. It began as a fictional concept in Star Trek and Star Wars, fueling imaginations and ...

This Star Trek concept ignited a dream that humans could one day travel faster than the speed of light. Now physicists are ...

Star Trek's iconic warp drive, once pure science fiction, is now inspiring real-world astrophysicists. Scientists are ...

Some things we see in space appear to outpace light. Now we are learning to harness these bizarre optical illusions to ...

You know that scene in the film Contact where the “Machine” is spooling up, its three spinning rings kicking out crazy light and an electromagnetic field powerful enough to pitch nearby Navy ...

Scientists are developing theoretical models for faster-than-light travel, inspired by Star Trek's warp drive, making interstellar journeys theoretically possible.

In the everyday world that humans experience, objects behave in a predictable way, explained by classical physics. One of the important aspects of classical physics is that nothing, not even ...