The concept of traveling through time via wormholes is not new in science fiction films, but what if it isn’t just a figment of imagination?
What if wormholes could actually allow us to travel through time?
According to a recent study, theoretical physicists believe that when there is enough matter in one place, wormholes can form and they may connect certain objects at their junction points. However, is it feasible to travel through those junctions?
Illustration of a wormhole. (Photo: vchalup/Adobe).
That is a deeper question that many scientists are trying to answer. Among them, two theoretical physicists have found some basis to explain why time travel through wormholes might be possible.
They reasoned that because wormholes do not merely have a simple shape, they can bend at various locations, making it easier to traverse the holes, or passageways.
This implies that wormholes could function as a bridge connecting different spaces. For the past several decades, scientists have been striving to theoretically and practically allow quantum effects and even entire particles to move through the shapes of spacetime without any alteration.
Researchers have explored various scenarios to determine whether a toroidal wormhole could actually exist if it were capable of creating a closed time-like curve, allowing an object or a beam of light to traverse along the path, traversing spacetime.
However, they are uncertain whether such a paradoxical round trip could occur, given the numerous factors that hinder it. Perhaps they will need to find ways to create wormholes to test these theories.
Regardless, this research has been tentatively accepted by some experts and continues to be evaluated. It truly is a thought-provoking topic, even if it may take many more years to uncover any truths about it.
