Wormholes in fiction
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A wormhole is a postulated method, within the general theory of relativity, of moving from one point in space to another without crossing the space between. Wormholes are a popular feature of science
Artist's impression of wormhole travel
Wormhole
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A wormhole is a hypothetical structure that connects disparate points in spacetime. It can be visualized as a tunnel with two ends at separate points in spacetime. Wormholes are based on a special sol
Wormholes in fiction
…gateways located at collapsars. This is an early word for a black hole, and the novel refers to the (now obsolete) theory that black holes may contain Einstein–Rosen Bridges. "Mrs. Todd's Shortcut" Stephen King 1984 In the fantasy short story, an elderly woman is obsessed with finding shortcuts through her hometown stumble…
Image of a simulated traversable wormhole that connects the square in front of the physical institutes of University of Tübingen with the sand dunes near Boulogne-sur-Mer in the north of France. The image is calculated with 4D raytracing in a Morris–Thorne wormhole metric, but the gravitational effects on the wavelength of light have not been simulated.
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