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Simulations find a warp bubble would either ignite a fireball or barely glow

development2026-08-25

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Avi Loeb's simulations found a warp bubble crossing the atmosphere above 10% of light speed would ignite a terawatt fireball, while a micrometre-scale bubble at a few times the speed of sound would glow at a kilowatt — a dim, slow glow matching reported observations.

Reporting date: 2026-08-25 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to August 25, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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Simulations find a warp bubble would either ignite a fireball or barely glow
Innermost Loop KB — secondary record
Reporting date: 2026-08-25
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-08-25-warp-visitors-arrive-quietly-or-not-at-all
Claim: Avi Loeb's simulations found a warp bubble crossing the atmosphere above 10% of light speed would ignite a terawatt fireball, while a micrometre-scale bubble at a few times the speed of sound would glow at a kilowatt — a dim, slow glow matching reported observations.
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- Welcome to August 25, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-august-25-2026
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