---
title: "Astrophysicist Says We May Have Already Observed Wormholes Created by Alien Civilization"
description: "Extraterrestrials may have already made themselves evident to us by creating massive wormholes sophisticated enough to bend the laws of space and time."
date: "2022-03-22"
modified: "2022-03-22"
authors:
  - name: "Victor Tangermann"
    job_title: "Senior Editor"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/astrophysicist-wormholes-alien-civilization"
categories:
  - "Science & Energy"
tags:
  - "dyson spheres"
  - "extraterrestrial civilization"
  - "the digest"
  - "wormholes"
---

# Astrophysicist Says We May Have Already Observed Wormholes Created by Alien Civilization

![Extraterrestrials may have already made themselves evident to us by creating massive wormholes sophisticated enough to bend the laws of space and time.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/astrophysicist-wormholes-alien-civilization.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: Getty Images\</em\>*

It's possible that an extremely advanced alien civilization has created a transportation network of wormholes around the universe — and we might even be able to spot them.

While it's certainly a far fetched theory, according to [a new piece](<https://www.sciencefocus.com/space/signs-of-alien-tech/>) by *BBC* *Science Focus*, it has some scientists intrigued*.* Take Nagoya University astrophysicist Fumio Abe, who told the publication that we may have even already captured evidence of such a network in existing observations — but lost them in the sea of data, leading to the intriguing prospect that reanalyzing old observations could lead to a breakthrough in SETI.

"If the wormholes have throat radii between 100 and ten million kilometers, are bound to our Galaxy, and are as common as ordinary stars, detection might be achieved by reanalyzing past data," Abe told *Science Focus*.

It's an alluring theory, in other words, that suggests one more pathway to figure out once and for all whether humans are alone in the universe.

In simple terms, wormholes are theoretical tunnels with two ends at separate points in time and space. While they don't violate Einstein's general theory of relativity, we still have no idea if they could actually exist, let alone if a sufficiently advanced civilization would be capable of producing them.

For a wormhole to exist, though, it would take astronomical amounts of energy.

"Intrinsically unstable, a wormhole would need ‘stuff’ with repulsive gravity to hold open each mouth, and the energy equivalent to that emitted by an appreciable fraction of the stars in a galaxy," reads *Science Focus*' story. The idea would be that "if ETs have created a network of wormholes, it might be detectable by gravitational microlensing."

That technique has been used in the past to detect thousands of distant exoplanets and stars by detecting how they bend light. Whether it could be used to detect wormholes, to be clear, is an open question.

Fortunately, spotting wormholes isn't our only shot at detecting life elsewhere in the universe. *Science Focus* also pointed to the search for theoretical megastructures that harness the energy of a star by fully enclosing it, or atmospheric [chemicals linked to human pollution](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/nasa-hunting-alien-civilizations-pollution>), or extremely thin reflective spacecraft called [light sails](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/mission-catch-up-interstellar-object>), any of which could theoretically lead us to discover an extraterrestrial civilization.

The concept of wormholes is a tantalizing prospect, especially considering the fact that they could give an alien civilization — or even us — the ability to [travel over vast stretches of space and time](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/wormhole-climb-galaxy>).

But for now, unfortunately, they're not much more than a fun thought experiment.

**READ MORE:** [These 4 signs of alien technology could lead us to extraterrestrial life](<https://www.sciencefocus.com/space/signs-of-alien-tech/>) \[*Science Focus*\]

**More on wormholes:** *[New Paper Claims That Yes, You Could Climb Through a Wormhole to a Distant Galaxy](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/wormhole-climb-galaxy>)*

## Author
I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida.

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