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wormhole

[wurm-hohl] / ˈwɜrmˌhoʊl /


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But in new research, my colleagues and I show that the original Einstein–Rosen bridge points to something far stranger — and more fundamental — than a wormhole.

From Science Daily May 22, 2026

It’s one thing to become transfixed by a fictional character going down a scripted wormhole for the purposes of narrative enlightenment or comedy.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 15, 2025

And I fell into a deep Instagram wormhole after I was exposed, via my Explore page, to some truly mesmerizing Anne Geddes–knockoff A.I. baby fashion shows.

From Slate Dec. 28, 2024

From cats and cucumbers to pimple popping and unboxings, the internet is awash with a vast array of videos to send people into a social media wormhole.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2024

The Einstein-Rosen bridges didn’t last long enough for a spaceship to get through: the ship would run into a singularity as the wormhole pinched off.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

Ross: Other dimensions, everyone was fine with the wormholes.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 25, 2025

Within a couple of kilometers I too was divebombing mountain switchbacks and collapsing country roads into blurry wormholes.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 30, 2025

Stojkovic, who has previously proposed where to find theoretical wormholes, wondered if a PBH ever became trapped within a planet, moon or asteroid, either during or after its formation.

From Science Daily Dec. 2, 2024

That’s where the fun starts, said Dr. Mingarelli, who is looking forward to analyzing those maps and searching for even more exotic phenomena, like galactic jets, cosmic strings or wormholes.

From New York Times Jun. 28, 2023

We can imagine these wormholes as tubes running through a fourth physical dimension.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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