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time travel

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noun

  1. hypothetical transport through time into the past or the future.


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They sit at the heart of how we interpret modern physics and quietly shape everything from how we understand general relativity to how we imagine time travel, multiverses and our origins.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

This reinterpretation of Einstein–Rosen bridges offers no shortcuts across galaxies, no time travel and no science-fiction wormholes or hyperspace.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

Honestly, the only person who appears incapable of time travel at this point is Jamie.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

Which historic artist would you time travel to meet if you could?

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

Thus the radiation by black holes shows that quantum theory allows travel back in time on a microscopic scale and that such time travel can produce observable effects.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

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