What is Wormholes: Definition and 113 Discussions

A wormhole (or Einstein–Rosen bridge or Einstein–Rosen wormhole) is a speculative structure linking disparate points in spacetime, and is based on a special solution of the Einstein field equations.
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).
Wormholes are consistent with the general theory of relativity by Einstein, but whether wormholes actually exist remains to be seen. Many scientists postulate that wormholes are merely projections of a fourth spatial dimension, analogous to how a two-dimensional (2D) being could experience only part of a three-dimensional (3D) object.Theoretically, a wormhole might connect extremely long distances such as a billion light years, or short distances such as a few meters, or different points in time, or even different universes.

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    Quick explanation for wormholes

    i think this is kinda dumb but oh well Can someone give me a detailed explianation. All i know is that they are holes thorugh space time that make a strait line not the shortest route, and they are only open for short times and mircoscopic. Also could water hold them open?
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    Something I don't get about Wormholes

    How would it create a shortcut? It doesn't make sense. Yes, if you drill a hole through the Earth and travel through the hole you will reach the other side of the Earth quicker than if you were to travel on the surface. However, in space there is no surface. Space is space, a 3D plane in which...
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    Good online report about wormholes?

    Simply by curiosity. I have readed a lot about worm holes indivulgative literature. Now i would like to read a bit of serious math about them. A preliminar research have given me various articles, but none goes to deep or it assumes some previous familiarity. It isn´t really...
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    Wormholes mean changes to Relativity?

    Actually, this is one of the question I was wondering about. If mathematics allows for wormholes (And there's really no point in asking if they exist), then the following is true? Through time dialations pertaining to relativity, it would seem that if there's enough of a dilation through...
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    Wormholes to lead into different parts of space

    Can anyone please expalin to me how it's possible for wormholes to lead into different parts of space, and even time? Thanks.
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    Time Travel: No spaceships, no wormholes

    Just a thought. Space-time consists of three special dimensions (x,y,z) and one temporal dimension (time). These four dimensions are warped within another special dimension (hyperspace) which is perpendicular to the three perpendicular x,y,z dimensions. The warping occurs around anything...
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    How realistic is the concept of wormholes for space travel?

    So a wormhole is a ring within the event horizon. The idea is you go in at the right angle and you won't hit anything in the middle so you go into the hole. So where does it go? It comes out another one. That's the idea. There seems to be many flaws in how this could possibly work so first...
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    Do wormholes allow for time travel and travel to other dimensions?

    I was reading an interview with Carl Sagan, where he described how a wormhole would theoretically work if you travel between 2 points, point A and point B. However, is it possible that we can not only use this to traverse space, but time (assuming wormholes exist)? For instance, if we find a...
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    Recycling of reaction-mass by linear wormholes

    In my mind, I tried to overcome the horrendous problem of having to carry every gram of reaction mass with your space-craft. Surely, how could a person using three dimensions recycle mass without having the recycled fuel slow down the craft? In three-dimensions, Newton's Third Law could be a...
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    Calculating Wormholes: Scientists and Differential Geometry

    HOW DO SCIENtists calculate worm holes? differential geometry? what do they do? i know a worm has 4d xyz and time...oike what do they do? the distance from Earth to a worm and then do mental math?
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    IN the Future Blackholes or Wormholes

    [SOLVED] IN the Future... Blackholes or Wormholes Say that in the future mankind was able to master Black hole or Worm hole technology. Kinda like in Event Horizon technologically. Is it possible to master such a power? We could develope Black Hole Vacum Cleaners, Black Hole dumps, etc. If a...
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    Do Black Holes and Wormholes Affect Time and Space Similarly?

    [SOLVED] Black Holes vs wormholes when a planet has a black hole outside its orbit. and you were on the surface. would time slow down as the black hole gets closer? because the black hole is pulling everything towards it. i know nothing can escape a black hole, not even light. As we know...
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    Do Wormholes Require Antimatter Singularities to Function?

    Einstein says that when a star collapses into a black hole,a singularity forms punching a hole in the fabric of spacetime creating a wormhole to a parallel universe.on this side of the wormhole matter from the star or any stray matter entering the event horizon is teleported through the wormhole...
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