Two physicists from the University of Queensland in Australia recently laid out a model for studying hypothetical time travel. Their work expands on what’s called the Alcubierre spacetime, first ...

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A common theme in science-fiction media, time travel is captivating. It’s defined by the late philosopher David Lewis in his essay “The Paradoxes of Time Travel” as “[involving] a discrepancy between ...

Time travel has shifted from pure fantasy to a serious, if highly constrained, topic in modern physics. The equations that describe gravity, quantum fields and the structure of spacetime now allow ...

Denison University will host a free roundtable discussion on time travel on Nov. 5. The event features experts in philosophy, English and physics and astronomy. Panelists will discuss the possibility ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Scientists have taken one more step down the very long road to time travel. A new paper combines the Alcubierre “warp” drive with the idea of ...