Science Fiction has long been in love with the idea of wormholes through space and time. As an avid fan of the Stargate science fiction series, I must confess my fascination regarding the concept. What are wormholes, and are they just a notion for us science fiction writers to incorporate into our works?
Wormholes are tunnels between two points in space and time. The concept was first presented by Albert Einstein and Nathan Rosen in 1935. Most scientists think the possibility of a wormhole forming would manifest as an extremely small tunnel that would collapse upon formation.
Wormholes Cutting Through Time and Space
Wormholes can transverse time and space as a cosmic shortcut through the universe. They are also a close cousin of a black hole. Now, enter gravity and the wormhole collapses. The wormhole tunnel requires a negative energy injection to balance the gravitational contraction. Once thought impossible, quantum field theory now offers some plausibility as to materials that would meet the negative energy requirements for stable wormholes.
Such materials need to be denser than the densest part of a large neutron star, exceeding twenty kilometers in diameter. Did you ever imagine been able to travel between galaxies via tunnelling, which was outside of normal space time? Fast forward over two hundred years to the setting for my first web serial, Hindsight Station–and imagine no more.
Wormholes Just Add Imagination and Negatively Charged Matter
Imagine the quantum disturbances in establishing a wormhole, where event horizon matter exchanges between two points over the axis of a negatively charged matter injection? The universe pulses in waves–so, just add gravity and the resulting ripples may offer a route through space and time.
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Now imagine–two hundred years from now. James Fong in my forthcoming web serial, Hindsight Station, is looking to the stars for answers. Can stable quantum elements, such as a cross between a fermion and a boson, act as a conduct for stable black-hole to white-hole energy exchange?
If so, then James could travel the universe outside of space and time. He would need to be using a dense material that has its own gravitational wake, deeper than that of a neutron star? A compound James could manufacture would be alive in a universal content, where subatomic reactiveness would structure by design, and appear automated.
Matter Conversion or Matter Shielded?
Exploring a physical transversal of a wormhole, James would develop this compound for manufacture as a ship’s hull. It would be the heaviest and most shielded starship ever dreamed up. No need to polarize something that can literally travel through time. Could he use an anti-matter flow mix to matter, in order to power such a starship?
If James can invent a universal targeting system for binding quantum points in space, then navigation is possible. An antimatter generator could target time and a spatial coordinate. Such a starship would deploy a stream of this special fermion to boson, cross-element. Then, maybe, just maybe, they could punch a targeted hole in spacetime, and then establish a stable wormhole.
Imagine travelling distances taking thousands of years in mere minutes. The micro-sized nature of the quantum contextualizes the essence of faster than light travel for the courageous explorer. For now, we explore via science fiction such as Hindsight Station. We also note physics is making real world progress. This also makes it a real world adventure for those who look to the stars.
About the Author
As I move onto my next authoring project, I will post less frequently on the real-world issues linked to my novel, From Terror to Valor: Echoes and Shadows. My next project, Hindsight Station, will be a progression science-fiction webnovel, delivered via Patreon and eventually Royal Road.
John is a versatile author known for his gripping fiction narratives in the thriller, action, and suspense genres. With a background as a journalist since 2016, and expertise in cloud technologies as an engineer; John brings a unique blend of storytelling prowess and technical acumen to his work.
