Milky Way Galaxy May be a Massive Wormhole and 'Galactic Transport System' (VIDEO)

Our galaxy could be a massive wormhole, according to a new study. Based on the latest evidence and theories, the Milky Way could also potentially be "stable and navigable," which could prompt researchers to re-think dark matter.

"If we combine the map of the dark matter in the Milky Way with the most recent Big Bang model to explain the universe and we hypothesize the existence of space-time tunnels, what we get is that our galaxy could really contain one of these tunnels, and that the tunnel could even be the size of the galaxy itself," said Paolo Salucci, one of the researchers, in a news release. "But there's more. We could even travel through this tunnel since, based on our calculations, it could be navigable. Just like the one we've seen in the recent film 'Interstellar.'"

Space-time tunnels have been the focus of astrophysicists' attention for many years. In this case, the researchers attempted to solve a series of equations. The scientists combined the equations of general relativity with an extremely detailed map of the distribution of dark matter in the Milky Way.

Scientists have long tried to explain dark matter by hypothesizing the existence of a particular particle, called the neutralino. However, this particle has never been identified at CERN or observed in the universe. But alternative theories also exist that don't rely on this particle. It's possible that dark matter may be "another dimension," and possibly even a major galactic transport system.

"Obviously we're not claiming that our galaxy is definitely a wormhole, but simple that, according to theoretical models, this hypothesis is a possibility," said Salucci. "In principle, we could test it by comparing two galaxies-our galaxy and another, very close one like, for example, the Magellanic Cloud, but we are still very far from any actual possibility of making such a comparison."

The findings are published in the journal Annals of Physics.

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