Scientist Kip Thorne claimed there is likely to be a “violent explosion” as the wormhole, which is a theoretical passage through space and time, would self-destruct as soon as it is formed.
Speaking to Closer to Truth, Mr Thorne said: “I was forced to realise that there’s a universal mechanism when you are trying to turn a wormhole into a time machine in this way – a universal mechanism that always creates a violent explosion that very likely destroys the wormhole right at the moment when it begins to make time travel possible.”
Mr Thorne warned that you would die if you attempted to travel through the wormhole. He said: “The warping of space in a wormhole is so intense – it’s like the warping of space in a stretched rubber membrane.
“The wormhole wants to shrink and pinch off. So when you try to travel through you die.”