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Warp Drive Collapse Should Generate Gravitational Waves, Theoretical Astrophysicists Claim


The principle idea behind a warp drive is that instead of exceeding the speed of light directly in a local reference frame, a ‘warp bubble’ could traverse distances faster than the speed of light by contracting spacetime in front of it and expanding spacetime behind it.

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