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A wormhole, also known as an Einstein-Rosen bridge, is a hypothetical topological feature of spacetime that would fundamentally be a shortcut connecting two distant points in spacetime. The concept originates from Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity. Imagine spacetime as a flat sheet; a wormhole would be like a tunnel connecting two points on that sheet, allowing for faster travel between them than traversing the surface.

The theoretical existence of wormholes has been explored extensively in physics. While general relativity allows for their mathematical possibility, it is widely believed that traversable wormholes, those that a person or object could actually pass through, would require exotic matter with negative mass or negative energy density to remain open. Such exotic matter has not been observed and its existence is highly speculative.

If traversable wormholes were to exist and be controllable, they could have profound implications for interstellar travel, potentially enabling journeys across vast cosmic distances within a human lifetime. However, the energy requirements to create or stabilize a wormhole are thought to be immense, far beyond current technological capabilities. The study of wormholes remains an active area of theoretical physics, contributing to our understanding of gravity, spacetime, and the potential limits of physics.