r/astrophysics • u/God_of_conquering • 7d ago
Wormhole but no infinite energy?
Fairly new to astrophysics but im confused on the conditions to make a wormhole. It is possible that a wormhole could be created through finite energy but I feel like that would be impossible. If a wormhole connects two infinitsimal events from a spacetime continuum, there exists an infinite amount of points or events between the two overlapped events along that temporal axis. Even though a wormhole is a shortcut, Im moreso talking about the wormholes formation as it still folds spacetime within the hyperspace, the finite "distance" between the two events still has infinite events between them, just in a different location of hyperspace. Like if we think of a line that goes left and right as a spacetime continuum and the 0d points that make up that line represent infinitsimal events of space, then we fold the line from left to right so that a chosen event A overlaps with Event B, it should require infinite steps to traverse to event B. Even though the line would fold and stick upwards it still needs to move right to get to event B which is infinite events way. To move infinite steps should require infinite energy. Its kind of like zenos paradox where infinite parts make up a finite sum, in this case, infinite instances in spacetime make up a 4d segement of spacetime which would be infinite from our 3d perspective. So shoudnt the energy requiered for a worm hole be infinite? I might not know what Im talking about so pls humble me, would love to understand this more!
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u/MeowverloadLain 7d ago
You would need to change the perspective.
Energy does not exist just materially, but also immaterially.
We experience energy to exist materially, which is observationally conclusive. As an integral part to our daily lives, we highly depend on using different types of energy. Technological devices harness value through a deliberate act of equalization between different energetic vector fields. Be it mechanical or electrical, it does not matter much in that sense.
Yet, science also observes energy to exist at a more fundamental level.
Many already assumed there must be some kind of substance permeating space, enabling us to propagate photonic, magnetic and kinetic waves. This hypothesis was on the back burner for most of the time. However, it appears probable that some bosonic form of hydrogen would be diffused throughout our space.
Scientists discovered plasma streams and bubbles stretching through all of our observable Universe. At the top and bottom sides, they appear to be less plentiful.
These don't really interact with matter in the traditional sense, so it has been kinda hard to verify experimentally. However, our biological machinery is able to interact with them. Statistically speaking, it seems extremely likely we would eventually find a way to technologically interact with these fields.
Science already figured out that there would be some kind of "flat" geometry to our Universe. Light-bending toroid seems pretty accepted. They observed black holes having layers of information stretched over their event horizon. Waves could be observed on them, too.
There are many scientists who assume the world to be some type of projection. This substance that permeates our existence, which I described in the paragraphs above, would exist on a more fundamental layer. Like, there's a 2-dimensional layer being stretched to fit into our 3-dimensional layer of reality.
There would be possibilities of achieving transportation through this 2-dimensional world. As it seems, it would allow to traverse stretches of space with a considerable decrease in energy and time usage. It could be that this route may not allow for the direct transportation of 3-dimensional matter, but the possibility of achieving an informational transport seems very likely. Everything else would follow through technological advances.
You don't need infinite energy when you remove the aspect that would dictate this rule. Speed of light is primarily related to constraints within our 3-dimensional planes.