Warp bubble

Warp drives are among the more plausible of science fiction concepts, at least from a physics perspective. Now, a group of scientists and engineers has launched open-source software that lets you design and test scientifically accurate warp drives.

Artist Mark Rademaker has unveiled a set of concept images that may look like something from the next science fiction epic, but his IXS Enterprise is actually based on hard science about what a starship capable of traveling to other stars in a matter of months would really look like.

NASA has developed a new test rig in the quest for the elusive "warp drive."