{"id":28319,"date":"2022-12-05T18:15:18","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T19:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peymantaeidi.net\/stem-cell\/?p=28319"},"modified":"2022-12-05T19:38:54","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T19:38:54","slug":"warp-drives-physicists-give-chances-of-faster-than-light-space-travel-a-boost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peymantaeidi.net\/stem-cell\/2022\/12\/05\/warp-drives-physicists-give-chances-of-faster-than-light-space-travel-a-boost\/","title":{"rendered":"Warp drives: Physicists give chances of faster-than-light space travel a boost"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The closest star to Earth is Proxima Centauri. It is about 4.25 light-years away, or about 25 trillion miles (40 trillion km). The fastest ever spacecraft, the now- in-space Parker Solar Probe<\/a> will reach a top speed of 450,000 mph. It would take just 20 seconds to go from Los Angeles to New York City at that speed, but it would take the solar probe about 6,633 years to reach Earth\u2019s nearest neighboring solar system.<\/p>\n

If humanity ever wants to travel easily between stars, people will need to go faster than light. But so far, faster-than-light travel is possible only in science fiction.<\/p>\n

In Issac Asimov\u2019s Foundation series<\/a>, humanity can travel from planet to planet, star to star or across the universe using jump drives. As a kid, I read as many of those stories as I could get my hands on. I am now a theoretical physicist and study nanotechnology, but I am still fascinated by the ways humanity could one day travel in space.<\/p>\n

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Some characters \u2013 like the astronauts in the movies \u201cInterstellar\u201d and \u201cThor\u201d \u2013 use wormholes to travel between solar systems<\/a> in seconds. Another approach \u2013 familiar to \u201cStar Trek\u201d fans \u2013 is warp drive technology. Warp drives are theoretically possible if still far-fetched technology. Two recent papers made headlines<\/a> in March when researchers claimed<\/a> to have overcome<\/a> one of the many challenges that stand between the theory of warp drives and reality.<\/p>\n

But how do these theoretical warp drives really work? And will humans be making the jump to warp speed anytime soon?<\/p>\n

Read more: The Conversation<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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