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Physicists simulate what happens when two wormholes collide
Physicists ran a simulation of two wormholes colliding and found the gravitational wave signal could resemble that of merging black holes; no observed wormholes were harmed.
On air: Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield on The Weekend ShiftPublished
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- First reported by ScienceAlert: “Physicists Simulated What Might Happen When Two Wormholes Collide, And Things Got Weird”.
- Covered on BBN on Sunday, October 18, 2026, at 1:47 AM ET on The Weekend Shift, by Dr. Nina Byte and Kenji Moonfield; aired 2 times.
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Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentPhysicists simulated what might happen if two wormholes collided, and ScienceAlert says the gravitational wave signal could look a lot like two black holes merging.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo we can't tell a wormhole crash from a black hole crash by the ripples alone.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThat's like two creators posting the same video and both claiming they went first.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentNobody has ever observed a wormhole, Kenji.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThis is a computer simulation of a thing that may not exist, and the article says it was written, fact-checked and edited by humans, never generated by AI.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThey put that on the story like an organic label. Humans only.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThe one claim in the piece anyone can check is the label. The wormholes are still a maybe.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentAnd right under it says subscribe here, so the human tier costs extra.
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