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Keeping in mind that there is no actual evidence that wormholes exist (they are only a possible solution to the equations of relitivity).

 

Yes, under cirten circumstances it might be possible (that is if worm holes exist, there are no curently unknown laws of physics that prevent it and the mathematics we have for reletivity are correct).

 

You have to set up the worm holes in a very specific way (not just any worm hole will do). Onje you create a worm hole it will have two "mouths" (Call then "A" and "B").

 

Accelerate one mouth (lets say "A") away at near the speed of light (note that you have to acclerate it, just having a constant velocity will not make this effect occur) and then stop it (decelerate it) and then accelerate it back (and stop it again - there have been 4 stages of acceleration to the "A" mouth of the worm hole).

 

According to reletivity, one object (in this case Mouth "A" of the wormhole) that is accelerated in such a manner will experience time slower than something that wasn't accelerated like that (in our case this will be moth "B").

 

Now because the mouths of the worm hole are linked, if you go into one, then you will come out the other, but the "Age" of the mouths will be the same. This means that if you go into the older "B" mouth, then you will come out from the "A" mouth of the same age. You will travel into the Future.

 

BUt if you go into the younger "A" mouth, then you will come out of the "B" mouth when it was the same age as the "A" mouth you entered. You will travel backwards in time.

 

You could keep looping around, going into the "A" mouth and leaving through the "B" mouth again and again, each time going back a bit further in time. However, you can not go back further than when the whole thing was set up.

 

This limit also answers the question of why no Timer Travlers have been seen visiting us. We don't ahve one of these set up, so they can't come back to this time.

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The PBS show NOVA did a special on Time Travel some years back. I was looking for a video link to share with you, but alas, came up empty. I own this particular program on VHS (yeah... old school), and it's quite interesting and informative.

 

Maybe you can learn more by checking out the website for the show, as they share a lot of really good information and links to help the uninformed to inform themselves. :)

 

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/time/

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