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No. Faster-than-light travel is physically impossible for several reasons, the main reason being that the energy required to accelerate to the speed of light approaches infinity as you approach the speed of light (a side effect of relativity).

There is only a finite amount of energy within the universe, and far less of it is actually usable, so only a finite acceleration and therefore a finite maximum speed is possible, and it is far from the speed of light.

However, this does not exclude the possibilities of warping space around an object to create the result of FTL travel, but without the effects. Several hypothetical models have been formed for this, but so far none are within the technological or theoretical reach of humankind.

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