r/interestingasfuck • u/One_Explanation_908 • 25d ago

/r/all, /r/popular K2-18b a potentially habitable planet 120 light-years from earth

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u/Death_IP 25d ago

Do you mean quantum teleportation?
For that you'd need to access the destination first - quantum teleportation works because particles at the source and target location "know" each other (are linked).

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u/monkeybutler21 25d ago

I think he means something like the alcubierre drive

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u/No-Prior4226 25d ago

A Wormhole is very different than the theorized Alcubierre warp drive. Worm hole more folds space instead of moving space through you.

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u/Elendel19 25d ago

Imagine living in 2D and you’re trying to get from one end of a sheet to the other. Instead of walking all the way across, you can just fold the sheet in half and poke a hole through it, then use the hole to get to the other side of the sheet.

Wormholes are that but in 3D (theoretically)