• Question: How much energy would it take to open a wormwhole?

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      Asked by Green632 to Angus, Catherine, Jenni, Melissa, Waqar on 15 Jun 2016.
      • Photo: Waqar Ahmed

        Waqar Ahmed answered on 15 Jun 2016:

        More energy than the physical rules allow. about 10,000,000 x the sun’s energy to open up a small one.
        source: http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140326-will-we-ever-travel-in-wormholes

        Why do you want to leave this beautiful planet!?

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        Melissa Ladyman answered on 15 Jun 2016:

        Thank you for your answer Waqar. I don’t know much about wormholes but I know that it would need phenomenal amounts of energy. I wonder if there will ever be a low energy way to travel vast distances in space (other than putting all the passengers into some kind of deep freeze). What do you think?

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        Angus Cook answered on 16 Jun 2016:

        Well worms can do it, so not that much I’d have though… 😉

        It’s a tough question, because so far wormholes are only a theoretical idea. I don’t think we’ve ever observed or created one.

        That doesn’t mean they’re not still useful to think about though, and fun too.

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