Warp drive

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.

Wormholes are a sci-fi staple – but could they be science fact? Surprisingly they fit into current physics models, although no evidence has ever been found. Now, researchers have outlined how we might go about looking for wormholes in our own galaxy.

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."