2006-10-15 04:48:08 · 11 answers · asked by Braniac 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Some very good answers here so I'm just going to try and simplify.
Imagine that the universe is a single sheet of paper. Put something on it and the paper gives a little. Put something heavy enough in a small enough space on the paper and it falls through, ripping a hole in the paper. This is a Black Hole, enough stuff was put in one spot so it ripped through our universe.
A Wormhole then is if someone took the tatters now hanging loose under the paper and reattached them somewhere, either somewhere else on the same paper or onto a different sheet of paper. The resulting paper tunnel is what we would deem a Wormhole.
It's called a wormhole because the first analogy used to describe them had the universe as the surface of an apple and a worm taking a shortcut to the other side of the apple by tunneling through it.
Needless to say, we aren't making one anytime soon. The enegy requirements would be nothing short of a galactic scale.
2006-10-15 13:19:06 · answer #1 · answered by moronreaper 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The home of a worm is called Wormhole
2006-10-15 10:02:04 · answer #2 · answered by Mister Misfire 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pathways to other dimensions are called wormholes. I have heard them described as inter-dimensional foam or bubbles in space/time. It is very difficult for me to visualize dimensions beyond 4. Even time, in my view, as a dimension is a bit fuzzy but not all dimensions are related to distance as we generally think of them. My belief is that time is the basis for all other dimensions to exist and if somewhere along the time line there is an anomaly that allows you to skip a dimension then I would not be surprised. That the time line could be bent or warped is not too hard to imagine. Is the time line the rate of expansion of the universe or the speed of the light released at the big bang. Is there some law we do not yet understand call for the rate of expansion to try to catch up with the speed of light?
2006-10-15 05:08:13 · answer #3 · answered by FrogDog 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In physics, a wormhole isn't anything. It's just a fantasy science fiction writers use in their plots, and pretend scientists (Like Kip Thorne) talk about in an attempt to look smart. There's no reason whatsoever to believe they exist.
2006-10-15 10:47:01 · answer #4 · answered by Nomadd 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It a theoretical solution to the equations of general relativity that breaks the topology of spacetime in such a way as to connect different parts with a shorter path than usual. To my knowledge, all the proposed solutions to date are either unstable or require matter with unconventional and probably unrealizable properties. So, if ever manifest in the real world, they would dissipate quickly. I could be wrong, though.
2006-10-15 12:14:15 · answer #5 · answered by Dr. R 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A wormhole is sort of like a black hole, but it doesnt suck-up everything!
2006-10-15 05:06:27 · answer #6 · answered by Lion 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its where a star has died, but not to be confused with a black hole. They are two different things.
A black hole sucks in all light, planets etc., even time and gravity. A human would be crushed under the forces of a black hole.
A worm hole (I think) is where a star has died and there is supposedly a path to another part of the universe. You would crushed as well of course.
2006-10-15 04:52:04 · answer #7 · answered by Kat W 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
its just like a shortcut path in space to travell from one place to another. It can be made possible by bending the structure of a part of universe (sounds impossible because it need a huge amt of energy)
2006-10-18 05:50:29 · answer #8 · answered by scientian 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its where worms live!!
just joking, i think its einstein's theory about holes existing in space like blackholes,
2006-10-15 04:58:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a house where worms live
2006-10-18 19:25:13 · answer #10 · answered by John B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋