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Wormholes may not be safe for time travel!

05/24/2005 9:06 AM

Physicists Roman Buniy and Stephen Hsu at the University of Oregon in Eugene, US, have been studying the properties of two theoretical wormhole types. The first type mainly obeys the laws of classical physics and does not fluctuate in time, while the second follows quantum mechanical rules and therefore carries with it inherent uncertainties. Researchers and science fiction writers have believed classical wormholes could serve as portals through the space-time continuum, but the work of Buniy and Hsu suggests that "the dark energy" responsible for wormholes would be too unstable to allow passage. Sorry Scotty.

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05/24/2005 9:31 AM

They should say "To unstable with modern technology." I'm sure that it's a lot easier to make a wormhole stable or to make a ship that can go through an unstable wormhole than it would be to create a faster than light ship.
Of course we have to find a wormhole large enough to send something through first....

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Interesting Article

05/24/2005 9:53 AM

I'm intrigued between a possible connection between dark energy and the material a wormhole is made of. When I read about the history of physics and the time right before quantum mechanics and relativity was formulated, it sounds a lot like today. They had their Light, particle or wave debate, we have our quantum mechanics vs relativity debate. They had their mystery concerning atoms, we have black holes, maybe wormholes. It's an exciting time to be a physicist.

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Re:Interesting Article

05/25/2005 8:21 AM

How much of all this is just intellectual banter. Until we find one that can be studied in detail isn't this all just speculation?
How much of physics is gut feeling backed with numbers

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