Are you among those people who are fans of watching science fiction movies? If, of course, you know the biggest titles that have ever appeared in this category. The Star Wars franchise is by far the most familiar and indeed the most general term that has even become a household adjective for most people. Star Trek is another popular title that comes close to the current reality of Star Wars, where Earth still exists and the existence of planets and interstellar infrastructure is not yet complex or complex. New science fiction titles also touched the memory of patrons and fans of the genre. Avatar is among the latest sci-fi epic to take the film industry by storm. Other titles that have also made their marks are Dune Series, Serenity, and Starship Troopers.
So let me ask you, what do these titles have in common? Can you identify the relationship between the titles you posted? The common idea or element behind science fiction films is that they feature interstellar travel. Interstellar means to travel from one star or solar system to another. Therefore, all of these films feature “starships” in their usual environment.
What are starships then? They are ships used to travel through another solar system. It has already been widely accepted in the cosmic scientific community that there are hundreds of galaxies outside our own. Think of starships as imperial galleons sailing the oceans in the 15th century during the Age of Discovery. However, these star ships are not huge canvas sails, steam, coal or crude oil. What powers the interstellar compounds called starships is the element called antimatter.
Since the discovery and application of positrons, the counterpart to positive electrons, antimatter research has been stepped up to this point. Only recently, it was announced that scientists have indeed found a way to create and even store antimatter in ever larger quantities.
The reason why antimatter is thought to be the fuel source that makes interstellar travel possible is because antimatter is the element with the most concentrated energy. If thermonuclear bombs use only 1 percent, antimatter uses a greater concentration of 99 percent. Most scientists who have succeeded in these results believe that antimatter is undoubtedly the only candidate to achieve the unimaginable.
Sooner, when large quantities of antimatter can indeed be stored, and its component has been scientifically proven viable in actual use, then humanity will embark on another discovery. After all, during the Middle Ages, European peoples believed that bypassing the Strait of Gibraltar was unthinkable because all ships would descend into the endless void at the edge of the world. They were proven wrong by the intrepid, brilliant navigators who became pioneers of the Age of Exploration. The same may be happening now, as scientific theories and concepts are often thought to be alien due to the indulgence of fictional media and the reluctance of neoconservative religious communities. History repeats itself. The same can be said in the matter of human discoveries where interstellar travel seems to have been among the biggest highlights. But what lies ahead is not yet clear.