Faster-than-light
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Faster-than-light (also superluminal or FTL) communications and travel refer to the propagation of information or matter faster than the speed of light. Under the special theory of relativity, a particle (that has rest mass) with subluminal velocity needs infinite energy to accelerate to the speed of light, although special relativity does not forbid the existence of particles that travel faster than light at all times (tachyons).
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See also
- Intergalactic travel
- Krasnikov tube
- Alcubierre drive
- Wheeler–Feynman absorber theory
- Faster-than-light neutrino anomaly
- Tachyonic field
- Tachyon
- Animorphs (Zero Space)
- Battlestar (reimagining)
- Jump drive
- Jumpgate
- TARDIS (Doctor Who)
- Warp drive (Star Trek)
- Hyperdrive
- Starburst (Farscape)
- Slipstream (science fiction)
- Skip drive
- Infinite Improbability Drive
- Inertialess drive
- Stargate (device)
- Ansible
- Mass Effect Relay
- Macross Space Fold
- FTL:2448 by Tri Tac Games
- Interdimensional Drive (Earth Final Conflict)
- Kearny-Fuchida jump drive (BattleTech)
- Ultrawave
- FTL drive (Battlestar Galactica)
- FTL engine (Eureka)
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