In the sci-fi universe of "Star Trek," spaceships equipped with warp drives can zoom past the normally impenetrable limit of light-speed, or about 186,282 miles per second (299,792 kilometers per ...
In his fond memoir “Making It So,” Patrick Stewart, now 83, traces the path from the working class to the Shakespearean stage to “Star Trek” superstardom. Ryan Pfluger for The New York ...
In Star Trek, dilithium crystals — whatever those are — are critical to the operation of a starship’s warp drives ... be able to circumvent the light-speed barrier. Unfortunately, all ...
The concept of a warp drive was popularized by the Star Trek TV and movie series, and the crazy piece of technology enables a starship to travel faster than the speed of light (which is roughly ...