One of the most famous features of the Star Trek setting is Warp speed, one of those rare notions that passes over from a single series into pop culture and the public consciousness at large.

Star Trek's starships travel vast distances throughout the galaxy thanks to faster-than-light travel known as warp speed.

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 ...

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 ...