Lecture 545 min 11 sec
The Morris–Thorne wormhole
A traversable shortcut through spacetime—and the cost of holding it open.
Explore the wormhole throat, tidal constraints, and why exotic stress-energy remains the decisive barrier between geometry and construction.
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