Is the mole hole real in the movie Interstellar?

Is the mole hole real in the movie Interstellar?

Sci-fi fans hope that humanity will one day be able to go to remote corners of the universe through the wormhole.

The wormhole is a theoretical tunnel through space-time that will potentially allow for faster travel between distant points in space - from one galaxy to another, for example, as shown in the movie “Interstellar” by Christopher Nolan, which has been released in theaters around the world early this month.

While the existence of wormholes is possible according to Einstein’s theory of general relativity, such exotic journeys are likely to remain in science fiction, said astrophysicist Kip Thorn of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, who served as adviser and executive producer of Interstellar, .

“The point is that we simply don’t know anything about them,” said Thorn, who is one of the world's leading experts in the field of the theory of relativity, black holes and wormholes. "But there are very strong signs that a person cannot, through the laws of physics, travel through them."

“The main reason is related to the instability of the wormhole,” he added. "The walls of the wormhole collapse so quickly that nothing can pass through them." Keeping the wormhole open will require the use of something anti-embarrassing, namely negative energy. Negative energy was created in the laboratory with the help of quantum effects: one region of space receives energy of another region, in which a deficit is formed.

“So it’s theoretically possible,” he said. "But we can never get enough negative energy that will keep the wormhole walls open."

In addition, wormholes (if they exist at all) almost certainly cannot form naturally. That is, they must be created with the help of a developed civilization.

This is exactly what happened in Interstellar: Mysterious creatures built a wormhole near Saturn, allowing a small group of pioneers, led by former farmer Cooper (played by Matthew McConaughey), to go in search of a new home for humanity that exists on Earth threatened by global crop failure.

Persons interested in learning more about science in the movie "Interstellar", which deals with gravitational deceleration and depicts several alien planets orbiting a closely spaced black hole, can read Thorn's new book, which is unequivocally called "Science from Interstellar".

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