14 DAY TRIAL // For quite some time now, science fiction and theoretical physics have proposed the existence of constructs known as wormholes, portals thought to unite two regions of space via a direct link. Now, the search for such features is taken up a notch or two in several studies.
In the past, theoretical physicists proposed that wormholes are structures that connect areas of empty space across the Universe. Some have proposed that black holes represent the entry point in these constructs, but thus far nothing has been solidly proven.
In a recent study, experts in Kazakhstan hypothesize that wormholes may in fact be developing between very distant stars, connecting the two celestial bodies via a medium that contains a perfect fluid.
In other words, it could be that these structures are not empty corridors, but rather a means of communication between large stars. If that is indeed the case, then such a corridor would leave behind detectable traces.
The theory was developed by expert physicist Vladimir Dzhunushaliev, who is based at the Eurasian National University in Kazakhstan, Daily Galaxy reports.
In a related research, Russian experts are currently engaged in completing a project they called Millimetron, which is an effort to construct a new space-based telescope. The goal of the machine is to look for signature left behind by wormholes.
The observatory will primarily be aimed at the cores of distant galaxies, say investigators attached to the project. The 10-meter mirror on the new millimeter and sub-millimeter telescope will enable exquisite precision.
“It is an interesting attempt to actually think of what a real signature for a wormhole would be, but it is more hypothetical than observational,” says of the Russian initiative expert Lawrence Krauss.
“Without any idea of what phantom matter is and its possible interactions with light, it is not clear one can provide a general argument,” adds the expert, who is a professor and the director of the Origins Initiative at the Arizona State University (ASU).
Phantom matter is the type of matter that experts believe could be found in the wormholes connecting two stars. Finding it would be a strong indicator that the most recent theories on these cosmic structures are correct.