Have you ever watched the English movie,
Alice in the Wonderland? It is a good example which is used to explain how the
wormhole works, which (perhaps) will make it possible for us to travel between
universes. Alice travels to a world that has different laws, rules and common
logics from how we
think. Alice manages to calmly adapt herself in that magical world. Would
this other universe that we are pondering be as wild and magical as Alice’s
magical world? Would we encounter the same thing that Alice encountered? How would
we adapt to this new environment? Our imaginations run wild to think about this
possibility.
Are you guessing what a wormhole is?
Take a piece of an A4 paper. Then you make two dots on the paper on the
opposite side horizontally. Logically, among all the routes to reach between
the two dots, the nearest distance is a straight line. Next, you fold the paper
into half. It’s nearer and the dots can 'touch' each other now.
Make
a hole, and then go through that paper to travel between the dots. That is
what wormhole is. If each dot represents a universe or a planet on a particular
universe, then a wormhole allows us to travel between universe and planets in a
short time.
The once popular science
fiction series entitled
Stargate SG-1 revolves around traveling between different universes using a device
called the ‘stargate’. Can a device such as a ‘stargate’ be built in the
future? Physicists are still trying to prove the existence of wormhole and figuring
out the possibility of physically travelling between wormholes. If wormhole
exists, or if one day we can make a wormhole, the first step would be to conduct
experiments by perhaps
sending manned or unmanned probes to search for signs of life on
the other side.
The probes will provide information such as the need to wear
protective gear, temperature, composition of gas, possibility of any living
things or intelligent creatures.
Why is it important to talk about
wormhole? Again, our universe, one day in the future, is doom to die. We as
humans, in general,
do not want to be a part of the destruction and surely want to escape from the
collapsing of the universe. Well, the only way is to escape and go to other universe
and start a new life there. We hope there exists another universe that has
habitable planets or resources that we can use while staying in space ships, or
shall we say space colonies. If wormhole can be created, and travelling
physically between wormholes is possible, then there is a bright future
for human race.
Reviewed and Corrected by :
Prof.Mohd Isa Mohd Yusof,
Senior Lecturer,
Centre of Foundation Studies,
Aras 5,Bangunan FSK 1,5
Universiti Teknologi MARA,
Cawangan Selangor,
Kampus Puncak Alam,
42300 Bandar Puncak Alam,
Selangor,
Malaysia.
