Wormholes and Time Travel - Ian Morison

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/03/19/Ian_Morison_Its_About_Time

Ian Morison, a professor of astronomy, examines the complex possibility of using a wormhole to travel through space and time.

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Professor Ian Morison discusses time, one of the most mysterious concepts in our Universe. It is easy to describe how we define its passage and how we can make exceedingly accurate clocks but questions as to what determines the arrow of time and whether time travel is possible can tax the most brilliant minds! - Gresham College

Ian Morison made his first telescope at the age of 12 with lenses given to him by his optician. Having studied Physics, Maths and Astronomy at Oxford he became a radio astronomer at the Jodrell Bank Observatory and teaches Astronomy and Cosmology at the University of Manchester. Over 25 years he has also taught Observational Astronomy to many hundreds of adult students in the North West of England. An active amateur optical astronomer, he is a council member and past president of the Society for Popular Astronomy in the United Kingdom. At Jodrell Bank he was a designer of the 217 KM MERLIN array and has coordinated the Project Phoenix SETI Observations using the Lovell Radio Telescope. He contributes astronomy articles and reviews for New Scientist and Astronomy Now, and produces a monthly sky guide on the Observatory's website.

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[Michel0555]

I saw a wormhole in my garden...

[hornetobiker]

@kirbythehedgehogchan

please, ffs discover puncuation.

[craigmancool]

this is outdated. i feel like i am hanging out with pygmies telling me that the wind is caused by the air god when he is angry at his wife.

[pennywisekilledme]

Radiation will go in the wormhole and break it down

[Gytax0]

How come the wormhole doesn't have to stretch?

[ThePlatoon4]

wait wait wait...so your saying that they made a time machine....out of a delorean?

[mattdd05]

The thing to understand is that he gets to Andromeda and back in a little over 5 million years, and it only feels like 8 hours to him. Then he jumps back through his wormhole and goes back in time, 5 million years. What about if he had visited someone in the future. Could he possibly create a paradox?

[cubesandoldstuff]

oh yeah i fell into one of those

[callofdutyfanboy1000]

@Warrenisme just gotta listen carefully

[bishop102]

@superoriginalname Because the closer you (in a vehicle) get to the speed of light time slows down in the vehicle relative to the time on earth. The faster you are move the slower time gets. So only 4 hours in a spaceship (travelling at the speed of light) is alot of time on earth.