(ORDO NEWS) — A small group of astrophysicists affiliated with several institutes in China have found evidence that, if wormholes are real, they can amplify light by 100,000 times.
The group describes the theories they have developed and how they might be used.
Previously, scientists assumed that wormholes could exist in the universe. They are described as a kind of tunnels connecting different parts of the universe.
Some physicists have suggested that if one can cross such tunnels, one can travel through the universe at speeds faster than the speed of light.
Black holes are known to have such a strong gravitational pull that they can bend light. This phenomenon is known as microlensing. The researchers wondered if wormholes, if they exist, also exhibit microlensing.
Proving that wormholes cause microlensing would, of course, require first evidence that wormholes exist.
However, scientists suggest that general relativity and other theories could shed light on whether this idea is even possible.
As part of their study, the scientists found that it was possible to calculate how the electrical charge associated with a wormhole would distort light passing by it.
They also found theoretical evidence that wormhole microlensing would be similar to black hole lensing, making it difficult to tell them apart.
Previous research has shown that black holes can split light that passes by them, producing varying numbers of copies of the object behind them.
Scientists suggest that the wormhole could only generate three copies of the image behind it – two identical and dim, and one bright.
And if such copies do exist, they allow for the possibility of enormous magnification the researchers’ calculations showed magnifications of as much as 100,000 times much larger than black holes.
They suggest that this distinction may be a way to tell black holes from wormholes.
The scientists also note that if their theory is correct, wormholes could be a new tool for studying objects that are too far away to be seen by other methods.
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