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A new discovery about anti-matter has ruled out one of the few feasible ways a warp drive might be created. (bigthink.com)

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[–] Zehzin@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I mean, let's be practical, the first places we'd go to are the nearby star systems and we have a pretty good idea of what's where in the neighborhood. The chances of running into a rogue planet we haven't found or something must be infinitesimal.

[–] lolrightythen@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Hitting a spec of dust at the speed of light would be a rough ride