Dejan Stojkovic, The Conversation, Author at Astronomy.com

The term wormhole was coined in 1957 by American physicist John Wheeler. He named them after the literal holes worms leave behind in fruits and timber. Before that, they were called one-dimensional tubes and bridges. Credit: Interior Design/Shutterstock.

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What are wormholes? An astrophysicist explains these shortcuts through space-time

What are wormholes? An astrophysicist explains these shortcuts through space-time