Abstract
Warp drives are a staple of science fiction, transporting the heroes of shows like Star Trek between galaxies in a matter of hours. Now, increasing numbers of cosmologists are wondering whether this technology might eventually become science fact. Dozens of scientific papers on warp drives have appeared since 1994 when Miguel Alcubierre – a theoretical physicist then at the University of Wales in Cardiff – first argued that a warp drive was theoretically possible (Class. Quantum Grav. 11 L73)