The term wormhole referrers to a way to travel through the space and time. The term was coined by the physicist John Archibald Wheeler.
Wormholes have been featured frequently in science fiction, including appearances in Star Trek, Contact and the video game Spore.
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Do Schwarzschild wormholes connect parallel universes?(1 Answer)
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In physics, a wormhole is a hypothetical topological feature of spacetime that is fundamentally a 'shortcut' through space and time. Spacetime can be viewed as a 2D surface ...
why did the enterprise fire photon torpedoes instead of pazers while in a wormhole?(2 Answers)
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Maybe it has something to do with the speed of the weapons. How fast does a phaser stream travel vs. a photon torpedo?
Is negative mass possible?(3 Answers)
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yes it is. While Schwarzschild wormholes are not traversable, their existence inspired Kip Thorne to imagine traversable wormholes created by holding the 'throat' of a Schwarzschild wormhole open ...
