Mastodawn

A dozen new warp drive models give researchers a clearer map of what may be physically allowed and where serious engineering can begin.
https://www.altpropulsion.com/beyond-alcubierre-a-tour-of-modern-warp-drive-physics/

#warp #space #physics #startrek #alcubierre

Beyond Alcubierre: A Tour of Modern Warp-Drive Physics - Alternative Propulsion Engineering Conference

A dozen new warp drive models give researchers a clearer map of what may be physically allowed and where serious engineering can begin.

Alternative Propulsion Engineering Conference

DanStafford Aug 20, 2025

#mwgic #2025 #Physics #NegativeMass

One of the things #Alcubierre's #WarpDrive theory required was negative mass...just saying.

https://www.ecoportal.net/en/scientists-create-negative-mass/11801/

Physics flipped upside down — Scientists manage to create negative mass

Negative mass was just a theory until scientists found a way to recreate its impact in a laboratory. Now, everything about physics and Einstein could be wrong.

The Pulse

krismur Aug 8, 2025

Doodle, inspired by
@staladus.bsky.social
I was still thinking of Star Trek, with the whipple shield as the saucer and spin-habs as nacelles. But with an Alcubierre ring for the warp drive, and more realistic fusion rocket for the impulse drive.

#lego #space #spacecraft #spaceship #starship #warpdrive #alcubierre

Ichinin

✅🎯🙄Jul 4, 2025

So, finally played around with the Alcubierre drive in Kerbal Space Program. I've tried jumpdrives and "warpdrives" before, but this is the one that shows promise as a "real" warpdrive.

Rather than just slapping a billion DeltaV/Sec on a rocket part, this one actually moves you through space, yeah it's an engine part, but it has 0 trust, the engine moves your X, Y, Z coordinates without changing your initial directional energy.

This has also made me rethink how Warpdrives would work, basically they don't affect your initial speeds in a 3D space, they move YOU, not your directional energy in any way. I remember StarTrek Enterprise where they dropped the cargo to escape from some pirates and i thought "so what, inertial will keep it going". Not true - it HAS to be towed from A to B. Warpdrives are more efficient than pushing mass around.

So now i know better - Basically without someone to move the object through fabric of space, the object will stand still and keep it's directional energy.

This also means that when you drop out of warp, you have to attain the same directional energy your target is traveling, i.e. a planet or an asteroid, to do an orbit insertion - and that will still cost a crapload of DeltaV.

So - Science fiction isn't as cool as i thought and also less magical than i thought. The real magic happens when Picard says "Standard orbit" - not "Engage!". #kerbalspaceprogram #ksp #Alcubierre #warp #orbitalmechanics

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Jul 30, 2024

Simulation of gravitational waves f. failing warp drive 🚀
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240730134858.htm

* spaceships driven by compressing 4D spacetime theor. poss.
* "warp drives" possible based on concrete descriptions in general relativity
* study simulates gravitational waves such a drive might emit

What no one has seen before: gravitational waveforms from warp drive collapse
https://astro.theoj.org/article/121868-what-no-one-has-seen-before-gravitational-waveforms-from-warp-drive-collapse

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcubierre_drive

#Alcubierre #WarpDrive #StarTrek #physics #propulsion #GravitationalWaves #spacetime

What no one has seen before -- simulation of gravitational waves from failing warp drive

Physicists have been exploring the theoretical possibility of spaceships driven by compressing the four-dimensional spacetime for decades. Although this so-called 'warp drive' originates from the realm of science fiction, it is based on concrete descriptions in general relativity. A new study takes things a step further -- simulating the gravitational waves such a drive might emit if it broke down.

ScienceDaily

Tino Echaniz Jun 23, 2024

Motor Warp: Hace poco he visto un vídeo de Atraviesa lo desconocido sobre las conclusiones de un avistamiento en Australia del 2006.
Parece que se curva el espacio para poder moverse o desplazarse de formas impresionantes y de direcciones anti inerciales.

Alcubierre fue el que planteo la idea del motor Warp de deformación del espacio para poder ir más rápido que la luz.

Mi idea es diferente, pero con similitud. Estos artefactos si curvan el espacio-tiempo, pero a nivel atómico. Como lo hacen, muy probable es cambiando parámetros globales a toda la nave para provocar a nivel molecular e incluso de partículas subatómicas.

Ello implica, que conocen otra forma física de alterar la materia. Y para colmo, con energía que transportan o que la consiguen del espacio.

#warp #ovnis #avistamientos #alcubierre