Could Warp Drive Engines Suck Earth into a Black Hole?
We’ve all learned in our high school physics class that you can’t go faster than the speed of light. So, how can warp drive a la Star Trek ever be a reality? Well, there is one thing that CAN go faster than the speed of light: nothingness, aka “space”. That is the principal upon which Star Trek warp drives are theoretically based. Instead of propelling a starship at faster than light speeds, you move space-time around the ship at faster than light speeds. This is, of course, a simplified explanation, but the theory holds to Einstein’s theory of general relativity. Now, it seems that Italian scientists have done some tinkering with the math and have come to the conclusion that the amount of energy needed to sustain a “warp bubble” would be so great as to eventually run out causing the bubble to rupture with catastrophic effects. Inside the bubble the temperature would rise to about 10^32 degrees Kelvin, destroying almost anything on the bubble. Additionally, a black hole would be create
