Are wormholes responsible for the creation of this universe by recycling matter from old universes?
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This is a good question, and one that physicists have been speculating about for a long time.  Firstly, wormholes are NOT assumptions or science fiction. They are a valid theory that is supported by mathematical models. As for whether quantum exchanges occur between universes, the simple answer is that no person knows for sure. Hypothetically, it's possible, but since all these other universes operate under different laws of physics than our own, the exact nature and mechanics of such a transfer will have to remain a mystery until we understand a great deal more than we do now.
21432
I greatly doubt it. If there are any 'wormholes', then they are probably the equivlant of black holes, and therefore would be floating aimlessly in space. If there was a wormhole in Boston, the Earth would be pulled into a million pieces in about two seconds.
727032
It has been long speculated that there exist a type of matter called "negative matter." Note this is NOT anti-matter, which behaves just like ordinary matter except it has equal and opposite charge and spin. "Negative matter" exerts repulsive gravitational force. It does not annihilate when in touch with ordinary matter, but it actually is NEVER in contact with any ordinary matter due to this repulsive or anti-gravitational force.\n\nThe concept of "negative matter" was introduced by physicist "Kip Thorne" back in the 1980's as one possible solution to Einstein's General Relativity equation that allows for time travel through a worm hole. One way to contruct such a time machine is to put together two parallel plates that will leverage the Casimir Effect and create the "negative pressure" the others have mentioned to enlarge the quantum wormholes that exist at the Planck scale, and then use large quantities of "negative matter" to keep the mouth of the wormhole open and stable.
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Sometimes, when people cannot fathom or answer an issue, they turn to blind faith for that answer.  That is not the scientific approach and, carried to extremes, such blind faith can lead to the Dark Ages when very little was done to advance mankind's knowledge.\n\nThat being said, string theory can lead one to conjecture about the pre-big bang.  (I like your "big suck" idea by the way.)  String theory conjectures the possibility of parallel null universes, devoid of observable mass-energy as we know it.  Then, according to the theory, two of these big nothings collide.  Since they have an eternity to do it in, one can even show (using simple probability) at least one such collision is likely over an infinity (eternal) number of attempts.\n\n(If the concept of two "nothings" colliding gives you a headache, join the crowd.  Nothing, however, is only nothing in our limited four dimensional observable universe.  String theory goes up as high as eleven dimensions; so if these null universes exist in these higher dimensions, they would seem to be nothing to us because we cannot see beyond four dimensions.)\n\nSo two null universes collide.  When they do, the collision releases a lot (I mean A LOT) of energy (and mass, its all a jumble in the beginning).  That released energy-mass is what we on Earth now call the "big bang."\n\nThe last part of your question, re another big bang in our universe, is also a possibility according to string theory.  There is no reason to limit our null universe to just one collision with another null universe.  We can say "at least" one collision, because we live in one of the results.  \n\nBut there could very well be others, where our null universe has collided with other null universes, and not necessarily the one our null collided with to create the observable universe we live in.  Which brings up the possibility that other observable universes in our null universe might be totally different from our own.
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Yes.  I think (and I think some scientists have discussed this on public TV) that a universe (either in our dimension, or another) was gradually, then more quickly, collapsing into itself, like a black hole, and that caused the bang, and the cycle repeats itself.  They think this because the universe is expanding; when it reaches its maximum limit (and I don't have any idea what causes that limit, etc.) then it starts to reverse direction, and start collapsing in on itself again, and starts the whole process over again.  In a couple of quintillion years).
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About the only thing I ever heard that made any sense was that there was another universe. The idea was that you have a big bang, which throws all the matter in the Universe outward from the center. After a while (a LONG while) gravity starts pulling these pieces closer together again and you get what's called the Big Crush, where the whole universe get's squidged up into a tiny, infinitely small point. The theory went on to say, that that spot would explode in a Big Bang and the whole thing would start all over again.
193032
The above answers are interesting but, modern physicists speak extensively about 'multiverses'.  So, does one universe end at the edge of another? or, do they 'co-exist' in space and time? OR??????
974226
Stargate?  I own all those shows on DVD, so let's first define the technology that these "Stargates" are supposed to be using...\n\nThese things are supposed to be constructed out of a super conductor that allows energy to be accelerated up to and beyond the speed of light - Whereby a Gavity-less wormhole is errected between two points...\nThis is supported by Fringe (shaky) theory...\n\nHowever as stated by others, this type of "Worm Hole" would not pass solid objects since the connection between these two points about effectively be a line with only one dimension.  As such it would only pass sub-atomic particles...\n\nNow in later seasons of "Stargate", they have included the idea that the "Stargate" is also a super-computer of sorts and the event horizon of the gate is actually a dematerialization plane...  Or, to keep with the parallels...  The "stargate" works much like the "Transporter" in "Star Trek", as it dematerialism matter and sends it as an energy stream to be rematerialized at another point...\nThis is also very fringe science, but that's what the best science fiction is based off of...\n\nSo these "Stargates" create Targeted Hyper Accelerated Energy Worm-holes through which a transporter beam is sent carrying the energy of the matter that was dematerialized as a carrier wave for the data needed to rebuild the matter on the other side...\n\nYes...  In the fringes of very questionable scientific theory, this could work...\n\nNo...  We are no where close to developing the begin of a technological line that could ever even evolve into something like this...\n\nAs such...  It's good fiction, despite the mistakes made in various episodes...  But it's only ever going to be fiction, or at least for the next several thousand years of technolgical advancement...  But then, that's who the gate builders were supposed to be - Isn't it.  8-)
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Yes!\n\nWell, in theory, at least.\n\nThe "Time Machine" would require the existence of a worm hole - something that scientists believe may exist in theory. Sadly, of course, we haven't actually found one yet, so this is all pie-in-the-sky, but if we *did* find a worm hole, then it's dead easy! (Sort of.)\n\nHere's how we do it.....\n\nFirst, find your worm hole.\n\nSecond, drag one end of the worm hole across space until it is next to the other end.\n\nThird, drag the end of the worm hole round and round the other end, at a speed as close to the speed of light as you can.\n\nNow, as we all know (don't we?) time travels more slowly for a moving clock. (Actually, this has been proved to be true, but that's something for another question - ask and I'll tell you how they proved it.) So, since time is travelling more slowly for the end of the worm hole that you're dragging around it will slip into the past relative to the end that isn't moving.\n\nLastly, simply jump in the end that you've been dragging around and you'll appear out the other end in the future. Then do it again and appear even further in the future. Repeat until you are as far into the future as you want to be.\n\nOnce you've got bored with the future (as if!) just go around the other way and you'll go back in time until you arrive back at the time you started.\n\nYou can't use it to go back into the past though, because you'll simply return to a time before you made your time machine i.e. before you dragged the other end across space.\n\nSee? It's easy! LOL
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Time travel is pretty much a sure thing, at least to the past.  Tiny little wormholes pop up everywhere all the time.  If one were able to be captured, and then expanded to fit a person through (say with antigravity from the casimir effect or a lazer) a time machine could be made.  Now there are a couple of hoops to jump through of course.  Wormholes have TREMENDOUS pressure, they pretty much crush matter to a single point (called a singularity), so you would have to find a way to survive the trip.  Now, the wormhole has a beggining and an end, two sides like a tunnel.  Now, very large and very dense objects tend to slow down time, so does traveling very fast.  Drag one side of the wormhole next to something VERY dense, like say, a pulsar.  Leave it close to the pulsar and then it will experience time differently than the other side of the wormhole.  Leave it there until there is a time differential between the two that you are satisfied with (like say a year or whatever), and then drag it back right next to the other end of the tunnel.  Now you have two holes in space/time in reletively the same place, but if you walk through one side, you will come out right next to it, but in a different time, dictated by that time differential that you created.\n\nThere are of course paradoxed assciated with this.  One is the famous killing your mother paradox.  If you go back in time and kill your mother, you will not exist.  BUT, if you do not exist you could not have killed your mother and therefore you DO exist and you kill her etc etc etc.  How about a scientist which goes to the future a couple of years, opens up a scientific journal, takes quick notes of a new theory, and goes back to his time and gives the info to one of his students.  This studen then works a few years perfecting the theory and has it published.  This just so happens to be the journal that the scientist had read.  Where did the information come from in the first place, did it just appear out of nowhere?  There are lots of logical problems with this, but by the time we manage to develop the technology necessary to do all this we'll probably have figured it all out.
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A worm hole is a idea, not a proven fact. With that said, if a worm hole does exist, then its two points in space that are connected by a "shortcut" in the universe. Formed by a fold in space-time or bending of space-time via gravity or collapsed star or whatever. Anyway, it would be useful if somehow the ends could be controlled. If the ends could be controlled and moved this would lead to the time machine. Example, one end is taken at relativistic speeds away from earth and then returned, when it gets back you have a time machine. Because of the relativity effects, by going threw the "shortcut" aka worm hole, one could travel back and forth threw time. Of course the idea is just an idea and the technology needed may be impossible. Hope this is thought prevoking though!
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the theories of time travel are extremely complex. it is often mistaken that one can use radiation or electro-magnetics to warp space into  an alternate reality. one of the popular theories of time travel is only from a certain point. what I'm saying is that we will not be able to visit this time from the future. \n\na few theories are;\n\n1: warping the very fabric of space, then accelerating to near the speed of light through the folds. the speed would then turn you body into pure energy, eventually reformulating somewhere in the future. Problems: 1; to warp space fabric would require more energy than it takes to make a black hole. 2; this is my personal theory.\n\n2: do you know how a worm-hole works? if not, ignore this section. but take an opening of a worm-hole and some how place by a point of high gravity (a neutron star). while at the same time directing negative energy at both openings in order to keep them from collapsing into a black hole. time slows down in super-high gravity, therefore if you throw yourself into the opening with no gravity, you'll wind up in the past. and vise-versa. Problems; 1; worm-hole technology is beyond our reach at this time. 2; worm-holes are flickering in and out of existence every infinitely small spec of time, therefore it is difficult to isolate one.\n\nas for what time travel exactly is, i could go one for about three pages.\n\nI'm a nerd. \n\nStargazer.
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Yep... they can... forming a worm hole...
241019
Space rips would be things like wormholes and black holes.\nThey are singularities produced by large masses.
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It's not known whether it is possible or not.  And until our theories of the universe become actual laws, we can't say for sure.  For a "wormhole" to exist, there needs to be a tear in the fabric of space time.  Einstein's theories of general relativity say this is impossible, but Quantum Mechanics say these tears happen often.\n\nString theory gives some ideas on how these tears don't get out of control.  The prior Answer gives a good source, you can actually watch a video on it. (view sources)\n\nHowever, this sort of stuff is way out there right now for Physics.
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When all matter, including light and time, is sucked into a black hole, an infinitely dense singularity occurs. With all this heavy-duty cosmic attraction going on, something has to give, right? Enter white holes. \n\nPut simply, the idea here is "what goes into a black hole must somehow come out." If a black hole tears the space-time fabric of "our universe" creating a wormhole, a white hole would be the entry point into the "other universe." Essentially, a white hole would be the mathematical exist that emits matter n light just opposite to black hole
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Yes, through wormhole and warp drive. A wormhole should be able to connect distant locations in the universe by bending spacetime, allowing travel between them that is faster than it would take light to make the journey through normal space. \n\nA warp drive would be a mechanism for warping space-time in such a way that an object could move faster than light.\n\nIf you would like to learn more about wormhole, follow this link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wormhole