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02-24-2016, 11:35 AM
The discovery of gravitational waves this month rocked the scientific community – and it stands to rock a lot more.
Remarkably, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory's discovery of gravitational waves confirms a theory Albert Einstein had about their existence almost a century ago.
But perhaps even more compelling are the implications the discovery has for a more comprehensive theory of general relativity – a theory that would make time travel mathematically possible.
“There are still a lot of ifs there, starting with the existence of negative mass particles and wormholes being stable,” David Spergel, a theoretical physicist and chairman of Princeton University’s astronomy and astrophysics department, told The Daily Beast. “But general relativity’s equations – which gave us black holes, and we see very strong evidence for them with LIGO – are telling us that that would permit time travel.”
Put simply: Einstein's theory of general relativity – bolstered by the discovery of gravitational waves – provides a gateway for guided exploration into the possibility of time travel.
Einstein predicted the possibility of traveling through time, by virtue of the fact that space and time are inextricably intertwined, but whether the
famous theoretical physicist was correct remains to be seen.
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-02-23/discovery-of-gravitational-waves-makes-time-travel-mathematically-possible
Remarkably, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory's discovery of gravitational waves confirms a theory Albert Einstein had about their existence almost a century ago.
But perhaps even more compelling are the implications the discovery has for a more comprehensive theory of general relativity – a theory that would make time travel mathematically possible.
“There are still a lot of ifs there, starting with the existence of negative mass particles and wormholes being stable,” David Spergel, a theoretical physicist and chairman of Princeton University’s astronomy and astrophysics department, told The Daily Beast. “But general relativity’s equations – which gave us black holes, and we see very strong evidence for them with LIGO – are telling us that that would permit time travel.”
Put simply: Einstein's theory of general relativity – bolstered by the discovery of gravitational waves – provides a gateway for guided exploration into the possibility of time travel.
Einstein predicted the possibility of traveling through time, by virtue of the fact that space and time are inextricably intertwined, but whether the
famous theoretical physicist was correct remains to be seen.
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-02-23/discovery-of-gravitational-waves-makes-time-travel-mathematically-possible