Morning Overview on MSN

New warp-drive concept inches sci-fi starships toward engineering

Warp drive has long been a narrative shortcut for science fiction, but a new generation of physicists is treating it as a serious, if distant, engineering problem. Instead of asking whether ...
al.com

Warp speed? An Alabama university explores the possibilities

“Scotty, I need warp speed in 3 minutes or we’re all dead.” This command by first generation “Star Trek” Captain James Kirk in the fictional 2020s is a famous line in modern science fiction. It’s the ...
New Atlas

Free software lets you design and test warp drives with real physics

Warp drives are among the more plausible of science fiction concepts, at least from a mathematical perspective. Now, Applied Physics, a multidisciplinary group of international scientists and ...
Morning Overview on MSN

Warp drive isn’t sci-fi now: here’s the math that changes everything

Warp drive has quietly shifted from pure fantasy to a live topic in serious physics, with new models showing how spacetime ...
IFLScience

No Object Can Travel Faster Than Light, So Why Doesn't That Apply To Warp Drives?

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...
Jalopnik

Making The Jump To Warp Speed Might Actually Be Possible One Day

There have been some awesome inventions in the world of science fiction over the years. Whether it's the Tardis from "Dr Who" and its miraculous traveling abilities or the teleporting talents of the ...
Business Wire

Applied Physics Launches Warp Drive Simulator

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Applied Physics®, a multidisciplinary group of international scientists and engineers, announced the groundbreaking launch of Warp Factory— a toolkit designed for the ...
AOL

To Escape Extinction, We Need to Achieve Warp Speed. New Scientific Breakthroughs Suggest It’s Possible.

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." On one particular Friday night in 1992, Miguel Alcubierre couldn’t stop thinking about Star Trek. For ...
National Geographic news

Science fiction's ‘warp drive’ is speeding closer to reality

Nearly 60 years ago, the original Star Trek series ignited a dream in the public’s imagination: that one day, people would travel the galaxy in ships propelled by faster-than-light “warp drives.” The ...
The Telegraph

Operation Warp Speed was one of Trump’s biggest achievements. Then came RFK Jr. and vaccine skeptics

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., appears before the Senate Finance Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) ...
Washington Times

Palantir expands customer base for Warp Speed operating system

Software company Palantir announced this week that six new customers would deploy its Warp Speed technology to boost production in their various industries, signaling a successful expansion of the ...