Scientists usually talk of travelling in space faster,nearly to speed of light and few times talk of a worm hole which can provide us a shorter route to travelling in space. Can we really find it?
2007-09-04 18:37:35 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
sure!! go ahead and jump into a blackhole and "POP" out on the other side.
sorry. only quantum particles might get away with it.
2007-09-04 19:18:35 · answer #1 · answered by Mercury 2010 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question--and the answer isthat we don't know yet.
A "wormhole"--the scintific name is an "Einstein-Rosenberg bridge" is theoritically possible. The mathematics that describe it are pretty clear.
But--until we can discover one--or how to make one--it's just a hypothetical possibility. The fact that we can describe it mathematically-and that theory permits one--doesn't mean a wormhole actually exists (or can be made).
But--if they do turn out to be possible, then yes, we could use them to travel faster than light. One of the really interesting possibilities is that it could turn out that we could build "artificial wormholes" someday--that would really open up travel to the stars!
But--we don't reallyknow--and may not know for centuries.
2007-09-04 21:40:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
'Wormholes' may (I say again... MAY) exist because of a curious set of solutions to the field equations of general relativity under certain boundry conditions (such as the conditions found in the vicinity of a massive singularity, or 'black hole'). Whether or not they actually exist in Nature is an open question but, as others have pointed out, even if they do exist, the tidal forces involved would shred any concievable kind of mechanical structure. They probably are more fiction than science.
Doug
2007-09-04 19:03:46 · answer #3 · answered by doug_donaghue 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
From what I've heard on various science shows, a wormhole would involve a black hole so one wouldn't be able to pass through it. I think the concept of a wormhole is less science and more science fiction....I believe the term was first used in Star Trek shows.
2007-09-04 18:42:02 · answer #4 · answered by Some Guy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The actual existence of wormholes is today only hypothetical. None have been observed and none have been produced by science. I wouldn't put much hope in it. It's more of a science fiction or fantasy subject somewhere in the 'what if' section.
2007-09-04 19:17:12 · answer #5 · answered by Troasa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Finding a worm hole is not beyond our present-day technology. The trick is to recognize one. The article at this website deals with that aspect ==>http://www.centauri-dreams.org/?p=486
2007-09-04 18:58:33 · answer #6 · answered by Chug-a-Lug 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hi. Possibly, but the forces of gravity (tidal forces in particular) would rip most matter to shreds. Travel would be unlikely for any 3D object.
2007-09-04 18:42:22 · answer #7 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-09-04 19:33:13 · answer #8 · answered by T-Luv 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋