GALAXY: WORMHOLE:

A Wormhole is a tunnel through the structure of space. The Bajoran Wormhole is a subspace shortcut between the Bajoran star system and a point in the distant Gamma quadrant of the Galaxy, near the Idran system. This wormhole was constructed by an alien intelligence. This alien intelligence is believed by the Bajoran people to be the Prophets, and their home is the Celestial Temple or Wormhole. The Wormhole was formed from verteron particles which act to stabilize and allow the doorway to remain open. The 20th century physicist, Dr. Stephen William Hawking first developed the theory of wormholes that burrow as through an apple, into the space-time continuum. Most wormholes are either naturally occurring or the result of dangerous warp drive malfunctions. Such wormholes tend to oscillate wildly across time and space, thus making them useless for normal interstellar commerce.