This Astrophysicist Claimed That He Could Make A Time Machine

Ron Mallett, an astrophysicist, claimed that he had found a way for us to travel back in time, at least in theory.

The professor of the University of Connecticut shared with CNN that he had a scientific equation that can be the very foundation of a real time machine. He has also created a prototype to demonstrate the key features of his seemingly wild theory. However, Mallet’s counterparts doubt that he would succeed with this endeavor.

If you wish to understand Mallet’s theory, first, you need to arm yourself with some knowledge on the theory of special relativity of Albert Einstein. The theory suggests that time can decelerate and accelerate based on how fast an object moves.

This means if a person is on a ship that can travel nearly as fast as light itself, he or she may experience time slower than a regular human on Earth. This leads to another possibility that when astronauts spend around a week in space when they come back to Earth, 10 years have passed and it seems like they have traveled to the future.

This is what most physicists agree on, but when it comes to building a time machine, things are much more complicated than that. This is what Mallet wishes to solve with his theory using lasers.

The astrophysicist said that his idea based on another Einstein’s work, which is the general theory of relativity, which suggests that large objects can bend space-time, which explains why we feel gravity. So the stronger the force gravity has, the slower we will feel time passes.

According to Mallet, if we can bend space, it is possible that we can twist it. Einstein’s theory says that our space also has time in it, hence the name space-time. So whatever we do to space, it will also affect time.

He said that we can twist time so that it creates a loop, making time travel, or go back to the past, possible. His prototype also shows how lasers can help us achieve this target.

What Mallet does is to look into the gravitational field produced by a ring laser, which he believes can help us find a new approach to make a time machine based on light’s circulating beam.

The astrophysicist seems to be very optimistic that this will work. However, the same cannot be said about his peers, who think he is still far from being on the right path to building something that can take us back in time.

Paul Stutter, another astrophysicist, said that he did not think Mallet’s work will lead anywhere. He also believed that there were flaws in his peer’s theory and mathematics, this was why a time machine is impossible.

So far, Mallet has nothing else to show other than a theory. He admitted that even if he could build such a device, it would have several issues preventing anyone from going back in time to do something like preventing Adolf Hitler from being born.

He said that sending back information is possible but you cannot reach a time mark further than the moment the machine starts working.