What is a Worm Hole? How can we travel into the Worm Hole?

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What is a Worm Hole? How can we travel into the Worm Hole?

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Wormholes are solutions to the Einstein field equations for gravity that act as "tunnels," connecting points in space-time in such a way that the trip between the points through the wormhole could take much less time than the trip through normal space. One amazing aspect of wormholes is that they can behave as "shortcuts" in space-time.

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