Wormholes

Discussion in 'Astronomy, Exobiology, & Cosmology' started by Orleander, Oct 10, 2007.

  1. Orleander OH JOY!!!! Valued Senior Member

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    aren't wormholes like heaven? Neither are provable, but we all wish they existed?
    Is theory alone enough?
     
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  3. Nickelodeon Banned Banned

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    Thats Sci-Fi isnt it?
     
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  5. spuriousmonkey Banned Banned

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    From the holy sciclopedia.

    [ENC]wormhole[/ENC]

    A wormhole is a hole in a [ENC]worm[/ENC]. Since worms is a term that covers [ENC]animal[/ENC]s of many different phyla it is impossible to specify the nature of these [ENC]hole[/ENC]s.

    A wormhole is a theoretical concept that involves two or more distant regions of the universe being connected by a short "[ENC]tunnel[/ENC]".

    Wormholes are an exciting concept. Assuming mankind could somehow create them, they would be able instantly traverse huge distances in a fraction of the usual time. People from The Future certainly have access to all kinds of wormholes.

    A Wormhole is also a hole made by a [ENC]worm[/ENC] in a rotting corpse.
     
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  7. Reiku Banned Banned

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    No.

    Wormholes are very real according both to quantum mechanics and relativity theory. The conditions for wormholes are perfect inside black holes. The are travesable topological openings in spacetime, a subreality, threaded with an exotic antigravitational substence.
     
  8. spuriousmonkey Banned Banned

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    what no? you know better than the best free encyclopedia in the universe?
     
  9. Orleander OH JOY!!!! Valued Senior Member

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    How would they form inside a black hole? Or is that more theory stuff?
     
  10. Reiku Banned Banned

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    What...? Wikipedia? That old relic?
     
  11. Reiku Banned Banned

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    Inside a black hole, the gravitational forces are very powerful. Since the excape velocity is light speed, the forces are so strong they even twist space and time around, swapping roles. Space now becomes timelike, and time becomes spacelike.
    These forces are not gone unnoticed in relativity. If enough distortion is located in a certain area long enough, tiny openings would occur in spacetime.
    I think it was John Wheeler who coined them as worm holes.
     
  12. Orleander OH JOY!!!! Valued Senior Member

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    would or could?
     
  13. Reiku Banned Banned

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    Would.
     
  14. spuriousmonkey Banned Banned

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    no mate, the real best free encyclopedia!
     
  15. Reiku Banned Banned

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    But we don't even have anything near the kind of power yet to create a wormhole. We would need to reach the Planck Energy, which is around a trillion times less than what we can produce today in particle accelerators.
     
  16. spuriousmonkey Banned Banned

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    what if we just pump more oil!!!
     
  17. Reiku Banned Banned

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    We'd dry Iraq: And it still wouldn't be enough.
     
  18. spuriousmonkey Banned Banned

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    What if we build a 20 nuclear powerplants in scotland!
     
  19. Reiku Banned Banned

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    Then this country will become intoxicated.
     
  20. Nickelodeon Banned Banned

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    More so than usual?
     
  21. Orleander OH JOY!!!! Valued Senior Member

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    ??? What does this have to do with whether or not wormholes exist?
     
  22. Reiku Banned Banned

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    Ask more questions then.
     
  23. Orleander OH JOY!!!! Valued Senior Member

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    if wormholes are in blackholes, how would anything be able to travel through it? Isn't that the whole nature of a wormhole?
     

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