Leaping across galaxies in a fraction of a second propelled by a form of energy with unimaginable power. Taking mankind beyond the ultimate frontier into the depths of the universe. Michio Kaku, Sci-Fi Science: Physics of the Impossible s1e1: How to Explore the Universe, Discovery 2009
The faster an object travels the more mass it gains. ibid.
There could be a loophole in Einstein’s theory … straight out of Star Trek. ibid.
Energy from nothing: this may be a key component. ibid.
A portal that connects directly to bizarre worlds. It’s a passport to adventure where the craziest fantasy becomes reality. A working gateway to a parallel universe. Michio Kaku, Sci-Fi Science: Physics of the Impossible s1e2: How to Travel to a Parallel Universe
Our bubble is not the only one. According to Inflation Theory, multiple Big Bangs created multiple bubble universes. ibid.
What I need is a bridge between bubbles. ibid.
Use remote-controlled probes. ibid.
A planet-buster may be the ultimate weapon in a future galactic arms race. But it may also provide the ultimate protection against an asteroid strike. Michio Kaku, Sci-Fi Science: Physics of the Impossible s1e3: How to Blow up a Planet
A teleportation system would change everything ... I’ve got two options: I could break it down to its atoms and somehow try to transport those ... I think Star Trek had a better approach. Covert it into data, a bit like a set of instructions, and beam those up ... Rather than transport the atoms I transport the instructions. Michio Kaku, Sci-Fi Science: Physics of the Impossible s1e4: How to Teleport
Scientists here at the Joint Quantum institute have achieved the impossible ... Teleportation really is possible. This is proof of principle: Chris and his team have teleported atoms using nothing but a mysterious connection called Quantum Entanglement. ibid.
Who’s going to hop into an unreliable teleporter? ibid.
Invisibility is possible. Michio Kaku, Sci-Fi Science: Physics of the Impossible s1e5: How to Become Invisible
We can now create a substance called Metamaterials that bend microwaves ... Soon we will be able to do the same thing with visible light. ibid.
Time beats at different rates throughout the universe. Time is relative. Michio Kaku, Sci-Fi Science: Physics of the Impossible s1e6: How to Travel Through Time
I still think that using the effect of gravity may hold the answer. ibid.
If the Strings can be made to move past each other, they create a unique vortex shape in the fabric of Space/Time ... Cosmic strings are certainly massive enough to manipulate Space & Time, and allow me to travel into the future and the past. But to build a working practical time machine out of cosmic Strings is going to be real tough. ibid.
It’s recently been discovered that most black holes spin. So the black hole collapses not to a single point but to a ring. All the terrifying forces are pushed to the outside. The centre is a far calmer place than we had imagined. Just like the eye of the hurricane. ibid.
Wormholes are formed at the centre of a black hole. They warp the fabric of Space/Time to create a tunnel connecting distant points. They might be ideal for time travel as they would offer a shortcut through Space and Time. ibid.
A journey of trillions of miles to the stars and beyond: engines with unimaginable power hurtling across the galaxy on a mission to build a galactic empire. Michio Kaku, Sci-Fi Science: Physics of the Impossible s1e7: How to Build a Starship
In order to survive as a species we have to find a second home among the stars: we must build a starship. ibid.
The crew would have to be multi-generational. ibid.
Beams of light with unimaginable power harnessing the raw energy of the lightning bolt fuelled by a mysterious invisible force: science fiction fantasy or the design for a working light-sabre? Michio Kaku, Sci-Fi Science: Physics of the Impossible s1e8: How to Build a Light-Sabre
A shape-shifting body, atomic computing, powering a brain that might outsmart our own: the rise of the machines may be closer than you think. Michio Kaku, Sci-Fi Science: Physics of the Impossible s1e9: How to Build a Sci-Fi Robot
Learning the rules of an unpredictable world – that’s hard. ibid.
The strength of a hundred men, the ability to see through solid walls, and read minds, is every kid’s ultimate dream: superhero powers. Michio Kaku, Sci-Fi Science: Physics of the Impossible s1e10: How to Become a Superhero
A missile-melting laser lattice, carbon tubes stronger than steel, combined into the ultimate armour. Michio Kaku, Sci-Fi Science: Physics of the Impossible s1e12: How to Build a Force Field
We want to live on a planet: how are we going to do it? Michio Kaku, Sci-Fi Science: Physics of the Impossible s2e1: Earth 2.0
I have to find a nearby planet in our solar system … We have to create Earth-like conditions … We need a planet teeming with life. ibid.
Terraforming another planet is no longer just a dream. ibid.
It’s Sci-Fi’s most inspiring vision: the colonization of the galaxy. Michio Kaku, Sci-Fi Science: Physics of the Impossible s2e2: Galactic Colonization
90% of the rocks in space are big enough to destroy civilisation. And it’s not a question of if, it’s a question of when. Michio Kaku, Sci-Fi Science: Physics of the Impossible s2e3: Deep Impact
The laws of physics are a death warrant for the solar system. When our sun burns out everything will be destroyed. Michio Kaku, Sci-Fi Science: Physics of the Impossible s2e4: A New Solar System
It must have the right conditions to sustain life … It must be stable for billions of years … It must be sufficiently impressive to signal that we’ve become a galactic civilisation. ibid.
If we’re invaded by a hostile alien invasion we’re doomed unless we can defeat them … This is going to be one huge challenge … We need the weapons and a strategy for a counter-attack. Michio Kaku, Sci-Fi Science: Physics of the Impossible s2e5: Alien Invasion
Making contact with an alien species will be the most mind-blowing event in the history of civilisation. Michio Kaku, Sci Fi Science: Physics of the Impossible s2e6: First Contact
I’m going to build a star-fighter that can blow up the death star. The death star is the most monstrous weapon to appear in science fiction. Michio Kaku, Sci-Fi Science: Physics of the Impossible s2e7: Destroy the Death Star
The deadliest most destructive force in the entire universe: I’ll probe the heart of our galaxy. Michio Kaku, Sci-Fi Science: Physics of the Impossible s2e8: Black Hole Odyssey
Some now believe that at heart of a black-hole lies a tunnel through space/time: a wormhole. ibid.
Big Black Holes are safer than small ones. ibid.
I’m about to fuse together flesh and blood with machines and computers. Prepare for a white knuckle ride as I build the ultimate cyborg army … Cyborgs are the perfect fusion of man and machine. Michio Kaku, Sci-Fi Science: Physics of the Impossible s2e9: Cyborg Army
Imagine a world ruled by machines where humanity takes second place. Or worse still, has been wiped out. This is more than just sci-fi fantasy: the rise of the machines is coming. Michio Kaku, Sci-Fi Science: Physics of the Impossible s2e10: AI Uprising
I’m going head to head with an evil invading force … I’m going to design a real transformer, a shape-shifting robot to save our planet from destruction. Michio Kaku, Sci-Fi Science: Physics of the Impossible s2e12: Shapeshifting Transformer
It was like Christmas tree lights turning on. The universe began to light up in all directions. Until you form the beautiful mosaic we now see today. Lawrence Krauss
In five billion years, the expansion of the universe will have progressed to the point where all other galaxies will have receded beyond detection. Indeed, they will be receding faster than the speed of light, so detection will be impossible. Future civilizations will discover science and all its laws, and never know about other galaxies or the cosmic background radiation. They will inevitably come to the wrong conclusion about the universe ... We live in a special time, the only time, where we can observationally verify that we live in a special time. Lawrence M Krauss, A Universe From Nothing
Now, almost one hundred years later, it is difficult to fully appreciate how much our picture of the universe has changed in the span of a single human lifetime.
As far as the scientific community in 1917 was concerned, the universe was static and eternal, and consisted of a one single galaxy, our Milky Way, surrounded by vast, infinite, dark, and empty space.
This is, after all, what you would guess by looking up at the night sky with your eyes, or with a small telescope, and at the time there was little reason to suspect otherwise. ibid.