Although we have not officially proven
their existence, wormholes (also called Einstein-Rosen bridges) are
hypothetical shortcuts through spacetime. Visualize a flat,
two-dimensional surface like a piece of paper, where the openings of
the wormhole are on opposite ends of the paper. While it would be an
immense distance to traverse (in space) between the two points,
imagine the paper being folded in half so the two openings align on
top of each other. Traveling through a wormhole would be a nearly
instantaneous way to travel a great distance. Though researches
currently have no observational evidence for wormholes, equations of
the theory of general relativity have solid solutions which point to
the existence of wormholes. If we were to discover a wormhole nearby,
it would be possible to catapult a starship a vast distance, allowing
us to avoid years of listening to the kids in the back seat asking,
“Are we there yet?”
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