8 Times Star Trek Actually Did Change The Laws Of Physics

2. Barely Escaping A Black Hole At Warp Speed

No matter how you felt about the Star Trek reboot in 2009, it has reinvigorated the franchise with some much needed new blood without forgetting what came before. Increased action, TOS characters and new situations are the order of the day with JJ Abrams' new take on some much beloved characters. But there were some... parts of the movie that stuck with me, even upon first viewing. And, yes, it has to do with Warp. Since by now we know what Warp Speed is and how it's achieved, this really has me questioning whether or not the writers were smoking some wacky tobaccy. A black hole's gravity is so great that light cannot escape it, right? And we know that speed is relative in regard to Warp Drive and StarFleet vessels. We know that they neither accelerate to Warp speed or light speed, right? So then, how is the Enterprise caught in the gravity well of a black hole, threatened to be consumed by its Event Horizon? This would make so much more sense if it was only being accelerated by thrusters and the Warp engines weren't able to be used, but the engines were fine. Since Warp is not dependent on any kind of combustion engine, they should have been able to escape the black hole's gravity easily! I tell you, I almost threw my soft drink at the screen!