How gravitational waves could help detect Star Trek-style warp drive spaceships
Sci-fi style spaceships could create gravitational wave bursts within range of future detectors, according to research.
Sept. 4, 2024 • ~8 min
Sci-fi style spaceships could create gravitational wave bursts within range of future detectors, according to research.
The way particles interacted while the universe was forming seconds after the Big Bang could explain why the universe exists the way it does – a physicist explains matter-antimatter asymmetry.
Good questions guide good science, but that doesn’t mean we know where we’ll end up.
A multitude of experiments have shown the mysterious phenomena of quantum mechanics to be how the universe functions. The scientists behind these experiments won the 2022 Nobel Prize in physics.
A decadelong experiment produced the most accurate measurement yet of the mass of W bosons. These particles are responsible for the weak force, and the result is more evidence for undiscovered physics.
If humanity wants to travel between stars, people are going to need to travel faster than light. New research suggests that it might be possible to build warp drives and beat the galactic speed limit.
Field theory describes the universe as energy flowing along unending lines. With this perspective, it is possible to define a new fundamental building block of matter.
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