provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK.Albert Einstein’s profoundly changed our thinking about fundamental concepts in physics, such as space and time. But it also left us with some deep mysteries. One was black holes, which were only over the past few years. Another was “wormholes” – bridges connecting different points in spacetime, in theory providing shortcuts for space travellers.Wormholes are still in the realm of the imagination. But some scientists think we will soon be able to find them, too. Over the past few months, several new studies have suggested intriguing ways...…provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK.Albert Einstein’s profoundly changed our thinking about fundamental concepts in physics, such as space and time. But it also left us with some deep mysteries. One was black holes, which were only over the past few years. Another was “wormholes” – bridges connecting different points in spacetime, in theory providing shortcuts for space travellers.Wormholes are still in the realm of the imagination. But some scientists think we will soon be able to find them, too. Over the past few months, several new studies have suggested intriguing ways...WW…

Live Science is supported by its audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. .The search for  – an unknown and invisible substance thought to make up the vast majority of matter in the universe – is at a crossroads. Although it was proposed  and has been searched for intensely - with large particle colliders, detectors deep underground and even instruments in space – it is still nowhere to be found.But astronomers have promised  and have started to cast their net wider out into the galaxy. The idea is to extract...…Live Science is supported by its audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. .The search for  – an unknown and invisible substance thought to make up the vast majority of matter in the universe – is at a crossroads. Although it was proposed  and has been searched for intensely - with large particle colliders, detectors deep underground and even instruments in space – it is still nowhere to be found.But astronomers have promised  and have started to cast their net wider out into the galaxy. The idea is to extract...WW…