Let's say you were an astrophysicist who saw a wormhole open up in the sky above you, and you had video of it, magnetometer readings, whatever else you'd need to record it. What kind of recorded "proof" might be used to identify it as a wormhole-- after the fact? Asking for a friend, who is not an astrophysicist, but working on a sci-fi project.
Her character can have whatever scientific recording devices necessary at the scene of the wormhole, but what could the astrophysicist character later point to in terms of photographs, electromagnetic readings, etc that would identify (or strongly suggest) that the event that had happened in the sky above them was a wormhole?
Obviously this is theoretical, but what might scientifically distinguish a wormhole from just an electromagnetic storm, aurora borealis, etc? And what kind of devices specifically would be required to record such information? Keep in mind all recordings must be taken from the ground, not from, say, a satellite.
Thanks for any help on this.
Her character can have whatever scientific recording devices necessary at the scene of the wormhole, but what could the astrophysicist character later point to in terms of photographs, electromagnetic readings, etc that would identify (or strongly suggest) that the event that had happened in the sky above them was a wormhole?
Obviously this is theoretical, but what might scientifically distinguish a wormhole from just an electromagnetic storm, aurora borealis, etc? And what kind of devices specifically would be required to record such information? Keep in mind all recordings must be taken from the ground, not from, say, a satellite.
Thanks for any help on this.
