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What 'Stranger Things' gets right about wormholes

By Katia Riddle
Published January 2, 2026 at 4:37 PM EST

The much anticipated series finale of Netflix's Stranger Things is predicated on wormholes — a concept in physics that often appears in science fiction. So what are wormholes?

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