Wormholes through space-time may actually exist, according to new research.
Once confined to the pages of science fiction, they are said to create shortcuts for long journeys across the universe.
Scientists have found they may magnify light by a factor of 100,000 – which is key to finding the strange tunnels.
Albert Einstein predicted their existence more than a century ago in his theory of general relativity. Now a Chinese team reckon we may be able to spot them – thanks to a phenomenon called ‘gravitational lensing’.
It happens when galaxies warp the fabric of space – creating a natural magnifying glass that greatly boosts light from distant background objects.
Lead author Dr Mian Zhu, of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, said: ‘We systematically investigate the microlensing effect of an electrically charged spherically symmetric wormhole.’
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