How are wormholes formed?

Answer 1

We have no real idea of what a wormhole might look like, nor even whether this could ever occur. The concept of "wormholes in space" is strictly based on some interesting glitches in mathematics, which may (or may not!) mean anything.

Best guess; it might look like the one in the movie "Stargate" and the TV series "Stargate: SG1".

Answer 2

A hypothetical "tunnel" connecting two different points in spacetime in such a way that a trip through the wormhole could take much less time than a journey between the same starting and ending points in normal space. The ends of a wormhole could, in theory, be intra-universe (i.e. both exist in the same universe) or inter-universe (exist in different universes, and thus serve as a connecting passage between the two).

Wormholes arise as solutions to the equations of Einstein's general theory of relativity. In fact, they crop up so readily in this context that some theorists are encouraged to think that real counterparts may eventually be found or fabricated and, perhaps, used for high-speed space travel and/or time travel. However, a known property of wormholes is that they are highly unstable and would probably collapse instantly if even the tiniest amount of matter, such as a single photon, attempted to pass through them. A possible way around this problem is the use of exotic matter to prevent the wormhole from pinching off.

Answer 3

Wormholes are a hypothetical topological feature of SpaceTime known as an Einstein-Rosen Bridge. In 1935, Albert Einstein and Nathan Rosen realized that general relativity allowed for the existence of SpaceTime tubes (or tunnels) to act as shortcuts, connecting distant regions of SpaceTime. By journeying through a wormhole, you could theoretically travel between the two regions of SpaceTime

and travel faster than a beam of light (i.e. where the beam of light is constant and relative to a reference for motion through normal SpaceTime), kind of like running on a moving sidewalk. As with any mode of faster-than-light travel, they realized wormholes offer the possibility of and probability for time travel.

Note: Physicist John Wheeler coined the term "wormhole" in 1957 to describe hypothetical "tunnels" in SpaceTime. Ironically ten years later he popularized the term "black hole" in 1967 to describe the gravitational collapse of a star. A Black Hole in itself goes nowhere (i.e. it becomes a gravitational singularity). However the concept for the combination of wormholes with black hole arose from an alternative theory in 1922 which suggested that black holes would not stabilize as a singularity. Rather this alternative theory suggested that a black hole could allow for torsion to form an Eisen-Rosen Bridge through to a white hole on the other side. Stephen Hawking later popularize this concept by suggestion that time travel would be possible through a wormhole. Still the concept of wormholes is all only theoretical as physicists have not found any natural process which would be predicted to form a wormhole naturally in the context of general relativity. There has never been any real evidence to consider the existence of wormholes as anything but theory, and it remains only as a mathematical probability.

Other Opinion: As a side note, other studies suggest that wormholes cannot be real because the very existence relies on the pairing of black holes or the pairing of a black hole and a white hole. And since there is no escape from a black hole (save the lost energy of matter being radiated), the paring black holes is an inept conception of travel. Similarly disputed is the co-existence of a black hole and a white hole; i.e. since there considered a set amount of energy and matter within the universe by virtue of the Big Bang, then there can be no loss or gain of energy or matter within an already created universe. Simply stated, the co-existence of a black hole and a white hole pairing imposes a SpaceTime paradox.

Other Comment: Space. Its when space-time is folded and a great enough force is applied to the folded time. When the force is applied it creates a bridge between to points.

Answer 4

• Wormholes are theoretical shortcuts through space-time. To create one, you would need a black hole and a white hole (A white hole is basically a black hole with negative mass, the opposite of a black hole).
• Black holes are created by stars that are at least 40 times the size of our sun.
• A wormhole is created when a black hole and a white hole align perfectly.
• The black hole bends space-time downwards and the white hole bends space-time upwards.
• When these spacetime layers connect they create a shortcut between the black hole and the white hole.
• The black hole and white holes can be infinitely far apart from each others, as long as they have enough mass (or negative mass) to be able to connect the space-time layers.
• There are some downsides though. Eg. it's a one-way trip.
• Since the white hole has negative mass it will push you away just as much as a black hole would suck you in.
• Not even light can escape a black hole when it has reached the event horizon, therefore it cannot enter a white hole either. If light can't, we certainly can't either.
• A wormhole would also be really unstable, not even light can pass through it before it closes.
• Wormholes will probably not be used in the near future if they even exist (remember that wormholes are mostly theoretical, as we have no physical evidence of its existence).

Answer 5

In a wormhole space and time is contracted and connects two points in the space-time continuum. If you go into a wormhole you are transported to another poiunt in the space time continuum. Me ,a 13 year old boy, have created an experiment that can allow us to make a wormhole that we can use to time travel. If you want to read the experiment plan follow this link...

http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-367891#

Answer 6

Wormholes in space probably don't exist, and never will. It is a hypothetical construct, something that MIGHT exist, and that MIGHT be used to immediately travel large distances, or to the past or future. The idea is that places in space that are otherwise far apart are connected via some kind of "shortcut".

Answer 7

Wormholes are hypothetical; it isn't even known whether they can exist. Probably they don't and can't exist, but there are some speculations that they might.

Answer 8

Since they only exist as a mathematical calculation, they may not physically exist. In that case, they also wouldn't be able to be opened.

Answer 9

A wormhole is said to be made of a black hole and a white hole wene they come together. + they think a wormhole is the secret to "TIME TRAVEL". i wonder how dum "MANKIND" will become :p