WCTU CLEVELAND 13 — A new study suggests that faster-than-light travel, once thought to be purely science fiction, may be achievable sooner than expected through the concept of warp drive, challenging Einstein’s Theory of Relativity. This breakthrough builds on the Alcubierre drive model proposed in 1994, which theorizes that a spacecraft could travel faster than light by contracting space-time ahead of it while expanding space-time behind it.

The idea was first introduced by Mexican theoretical physicist Miguel Alcubierre, who suggested that a space-time bubble could allow for faster-than-light travel without violating the laws of physics. However, his model was initially dismissed due to its extreme energy requirements.

Joseph Agnew, a researcher from the University of Alabama, has been re-evaluating the mathematical foundations of Alcubierre’s theory. “If you fulfill all the energy requirements, they can’t prove that it doesn’t work,” Agnew stated in a university press release. His work has rekindled interest in the feasibility of warp drive by focusing on the possibility of warping space-time around a craft.