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Wormholes Unstable (BBC)

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the well-it's-not-like-i-planned-to-build-a-condo-there-anyway dept.

An anonymous reader writes that "The BBC reports on recent theoretical physics research showing that wormholes may not be very useful for space or time travel. Wormholes with smooth or classical spacetimes appear to be unstable and fall apart quickly. Too bad for budding time travelers and space explorers!"

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  1. We knew that by AndroidCat · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Either you need the Prophets/wormhole aliens living in the wormhole, or you can only hold the StarGate open for a limited amount of time.

    Elementary sci-fi!

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  2. Well... by catdevnull · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I suppose this makes it more like the "improbability" drive now, doesn't it?

    You wouldn't have to be in a wormhole very long to travel somewhere (sometime) else--as long as you're not counting on the return trip.

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  3. The Worm Turns by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If wormholes allow time travel, their brevity is nearly irrelevant.

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