Wormhole

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The wormhole theory can provide shortcuts for enormous distances between two points in curved spacetime.

Wormhole

• Discovered by: 
  • Ludwig Flamm in 1916, 
  • Soon after Einstein proposed his General Theory of Relativity — a theory that describes the gravitational field. 
• About:
  • A wormhole can be visualised as a tunnel with two ends at separate points in spacetime.
  • A wormhole can act as a bridge or a shortcut between two points in curved spacetime which are well separated in practical terms to the inhabitants of the universe.
  • Wormholes are consistent with the general theory of relativity.
• No Evidences Yet:
  • The presence of wormholes has not yet been established through observation or inference by astronomers.
  • There is gathering support for the existence of entities such as the wormhole and others that have not yet been “seen”.

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Source: TH