New Paper Claims That Yes, You Could Climb Through a Wormhole to a Distant Galaxy – Futurism

The theory shows what happens beyond the event horizon. Connecting Black Holes

Wormholes are a fascinating concept in physics that postulate passages that connect two different points in spacetime typically black holes together.

Think Interstellar or Event Horizon. These wormholes could allow a person to jump into one black hole and emerge in a totally different galaxy, in a totally different part of the universe.

Unfortunately, most leading hypotheses surrounding wormholes suggest that theywould collapse as soon as they formed due to instability. However, one new theory slated to be published in The Journal of Modern Physics D posits that, actually, wormholes can remain stable enough for objects to enter on one side and leave through the other.

The theory, by Ecole Normale Suprieure de Lyon computer scientist Pascal Koiran, relies on the Eddington-Finkelstein metric to describe the movements of objects in and around a wormhole. This metric differs from the more often used Schwarzschild metric, which breaks down once an object reaches the event horizon, meaning the point at which no object can escape the pull of a black hole, according to LiveSciences writeup of Koirans work.

Using the Eddington-Finkelstein metric, though, Koiran was able to mathematically simulate a path for an object into a black hole and through a wormhole instead of breaking down at the event horizon.

Of course, this doesnt necessarily mean that jumping through any ol black hole will send you across the universe. However, it does pose a very interesting theory that shows that wormholes wouldnt just instantly collapse as soon as theyre created.

We probably wouldnt risk it, though, and would just wait on some startup to create a warp drive.

READ MORE: Wild New Theory Suggests Wormholes Could Be Stable Shortcuts Through Space-Time [LiveScience]

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