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If Warp Drives are Impossible, Maybe Faster Than Light Communication is Still on the Table?

I’m sure many readers of Universe Today are like me, fans of the science fiction genre. From the light sabres…

11 months ago

Hubble Captures a Collision in a Black Hole’s “Death Star” Beam

Even the Empire's planet-blasting battle station has nothing compared to the immense energy being fired from the heart of NGC 3862, a supermassive black…

9 years ago

Faster-Than-Light Lasers Could “Illuminate” the Universe

It's a cornerstone of modern physics that nothing in the Universe is faster than the speed of light (c). However,…

10 years ago

Warp Drives May Come With a Killer Downside

[/caption] Planning a little space travel to see some friends on Kepler 22b? Thinking of trying out your newly-installed FTL3000…

13 years ago