A Wormhole May Not be the Best Way to Travel |
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Written by spacetravel.org
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Tuesday, 07 June 2005 20:47 |
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Wormholes are theoretical tunnels in space-time that work when they are coated with a mysterious form of matter that exerts negative pressure. Physicists Roman Buniy and Stephen Hsu at the University of Oregon in Eugene calculated the properties of two types of wormholes with this matter: wormholes that follow the laws of physics and wormholes that follow the laws of quantum mechanics. They discovered that if you enter a quantum mechanical wormhole, there is no way to tell where in space and time you will come out. Classical wormholes are less uncertain, but Buniy and Hsu have found that they are inherently unstable. They would probably not last long enough for someone to get from one side to the other.
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