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In this episode of Astrophysicist reacts we’re watching Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 1 Episode 6 “Where No One Has Gone Before” to pick out the science from the fiction in this sci-fi show. We’re chatting about faster than light speed travel, warp drives, special relativity including time dilation, and the idea of negative energy.

You can watch Star Trek: TNG on Netflix if you’re in the UK: https://www.netflix.com/title/70158329

00:00 – Introduction
01:40 – How fast is the Enterprise’s warp drive?
04:24 – The real equations for warp drive
05:52 – How big was the known universe in 1987
07:22 – Time dilation
08:21 – PIA VPN | AD
10:16 – Negative energy, warp drives, and dark energy
14:25 – Conclusion
16:03 – Bloopers

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