Wormhole - Wikipedia
WEBA wormhole is a hypothetical structure connecting disparate points in spacetime, and is based on a special solution of the Einstein field equations. [1] A wormhole can be visualized as a tunnel with two ends at separate points in spacetime (i.e., different locations, different points in time, or both).
What are wormholes? | Live Science
WEBNov 11, 2021 · A wormhole is a special solution to the equations describing Einstein's theory of general relativity that connects two distant points in space or time via a tunnel. Ideally, the length of this...
Wormhole | Definition & Facts | Britannica
WEBMar 29, 2024 · Wormhole, solution of the field equations in German-born physicist Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity that resembles a tunnel between two black holes or other points in space-time. Such a tunnel would provide a shortcut between its end points.
What are wormholes? | Space
WEBMar 5, 2024 · Einstein's theory of general relativity mathematically predicts the existence of wormholes, but none have been discovered to date. A negative mass wormhole might be spotted by the way its...
What are wormholes? An astrophysicist explains these shortcuts …
WEBNov 17, 2023 · An astrophysicist explains what wormholes are and how these theoretical space-time tunnels have popped up in the solutions to some equations.
Physicists Just Figured Out How Wormholes Could Enable Time …
WEBWormholes are, in effect, little more than shapes. We're used to dealing with single-dimensional lines, two-dimensional drawings, and three-dimensional objects in everyday life. Some we can intuitively fold, mold, and poke holes in. Physics allows us to explore these changes in situations we can't intuitively explore.
Are Wormholes Real? | Scientific American
WEBMay 29, 2019 · What Is a Wormhole? Theoretical physicists have hypothesized the existence of such shortcuts through spacetime since the 1930s, originally calling them white holes and eventually Einstein-Rosen...
Wormholes: The Cosmic Tunnels
WEBAug 10, 2023 · Wormholes can be imagined as cosmic tunnels connecting different points in spacetime essentially serving as shortcuts through the fabric of the universe. While there is no direct observational evidence for wormholes, they emerge as solutions in the equations of general relativity.
The hunt for wormholes: How scientists look for space-time tunnels
WEBJul 13, 2021 · Wormholes — shortcuts in space and time — have long been a staple of science fiction. But some scientists believe we may soon be able to prove that they are a real part of the universe—as real as...
What is a wormhole? - BBC Science Focus Magazine
WEBLearn how wormholes could connect distant regions of space and time, and the challenges of creating them.
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