When stars collapse or make other violent motions, the theory suggests, ripples in the space-time fabric move off in all directions at the speed of light.

"I'm reading a distortion in the space-time fabric ahead of us at two oh three mark seven."

Enough energy to make a dent in the space-time fabric.

But if time w ere to be speeded up, or run irregularly, it would create enormous stresses on the space-time fabric, Doctor.

That ship came into space on the far edges of our solar system with a devastating impact on space-time fabric.

You rip apart the space-time fabric.

Therefore one leaves the space-time fabric to enter the little-known realm of hyperspace, where time and distance have no meaning.

All their talk of rips in space-time fabric fascinated her, but she doubted she could explain it if called on.

It should be possible to step outside the time-strand of our universe as easily as a ship steps outside the space-time fabric.

We run the risk continually of blowing a hole in normal space-time fabric and dropping right out of the universe, asteroid and all.