Wormholes Lonnie Brunson Guy Scronce

Composition Two mouths Throat

General Relativity and Wormholes Essentially a black hole without the singularity Throat could possibly connect two black holes Quantum foam

Black Holes and White Holes

Making a Wormholes Practical Exotic Matter

Riemann Cuts Formulated by Georg Riemann Connections between space with no length

Einstein-Rosen Bridge Connect a black hole with a mirror universe Kerr solution to Einstein's equations allows for the physical travel through wormholes

Kip Thorne Wormholes Rely on Exotic Matter to support its stability Can be used as a time machine

Limitations and Paradoxes Grandfather paradox Problems with black holes and white holes Limitations of wormholes and exotic matter

Science Fiction Fantastic possibilities have led to popularity in science fiction Sliders Event Horizon Contact Star Trek

Event Horizon

Contact Carl Sagan’s novel Used Kip Thorn wormhole and ideas for time travel

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Features a wormhole that provides travel to another place in space Links the Alpha quadrant and the Gamma quadrant