Researchers made a "spooky" discovery about wormholes.
The phenomenon of quantum entanglement was referred to by well-known genius Albert Einstein as "spooky action at a distance," a University of Washington news release reported.
Wormholes are often portrayed as "shortcuts" from one part of the universe to the next; but in reality humans would most likely not be able to travel or communicate through them.
Quantum entanglement occurs when a group of particles "interact in ways that dictate that each particle's behavior is relative to the behavior of the others." This mean pairs of entangled particles will have opposite spins.
When Einstein called the phenomenon "spooky" he was referring to the fact that the particles have opposite spins regardless of how far away they are. They retain their relation even if they are galaxies apart; if the behavior of one particle changes the other will reverse its spin as well, regardless of distance.
New research suggests worm hole work in a similar way. Pairs of the objects will change their behavior in relation to the other.
Black holes can vary in size from being microscopic to significantly larger than the Sun. Black holes have such a strong gravitational pull that light cannot escape from them.
In theory, if a person were to look into one side of the entangled black hole, they would not be able to see or communicate with someone on the other side.
"The way you can communicate with each other is if you jump into your black hole, then the other person must jump into his black hole, and the interior world would be the same," Andreas Karch, a UW physics professor said.
The study gave researchers a greater understanding of quantum mechanics.
"We've just followed well-established rules people have known for 15 years and asked ourselves, 'What is the consequence of quantum entanglement?'" Karch said.
