A wormhole is a hypothetical phenomenon that would allow for rapid travel between two points in space-time. The idea was first proposed in 1916 by Albert Einstein and Nathan Rosen, but it wasn't until 1988 that Kip Thorne, who was working on his Ph.D. at Caltech at the time, published a paper where he showed how wormholes could be used to travel faster than light.
In theory, these tunnels would connect two different regions of our universe together through what's called "exotic matter." This type of matter has negative energy density (meaning it has less mass than regular matter) and negative pressure (meaning it pushes outwards rather than inwards). When you combine these two properties together in one place, they create an opening through which you could pass into another part of space-time -- like stepping through an interdimensional doorway!
The Physics of Wormholes
Wormholes are a theoretical phenomenon that allows for travel between two points in space-time. Theoretically, there are no limits to how far apart these points can be. Wormholes also allow for travel through time, though this is more difficult to achieve and requires more advanced technology than just opening up a wormhole between two locations in space-time.
The properties of wormholes include:
- They are "traversable"--that is, they can be traveled through by objects as well as light (and other electromagnetic radiation) without being destroyed by the passage of matter or energy through them.
- They have no boundary surfaces; thus, if one were able to pass through one end of one such structure and exit out another side somewhere else in our universe (or another), then theoretically speaking we could use this method as an alternative means of transportation between different planets within our solar system without having first had established communication channels with each other beforehand.
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