SMRTR Science & EngineeringJan 18, 2026Interesting Engineering

New study shows wormholes aren’t tunnels, and the Big Bang was a bounce

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Researchers have reinterpreted Einstein's 1935 Einstein-Rosen bridge concept, arguing it's not a traversable tunnel but a mathematical connection between opposite time directions in quantum physics. This breakthrough could solve major puzzles like black hole information loss and suggests the Big Bang was actually a quantum "bounce" from a previous contracting universe rather than an absolute beginning.

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