Stargate (device)

Portal device within the Stargate fictional universe StargateStargate franchise elementA Stargate from Stargate SG-1First appearanceStargate1994GenreScience fictionIn-universe informationTypeWormholeFunctionInterstellar travel Spatial anomalies in fiction Black holes in fiction • Portable hole • Portal fantasy • Teleportation in fiction • Wormholes in fiction • Stargate • Warp drive • Hyperspace • Time travel in fiction Science fiction portalvte A Stargate is a fictional Einstein–Rosen bridge portal device within the Stargate fictional universe that allows practical, point-to-point near instantaneous travel between two distant locations with an "address". The devices first appeared in the 1994 Roland Emmerich film Stargate, and thereafter in the television series Stargate SG-1, Stargate Infinity, Stargate Atlantis, Stargate Universe, and Stargate Origins, as well as the television films Stargate: The Ark of Truth and Stargate: Continuum. In these productions, the Stargate functions as a plot device, allowing the main characters to visit alien planets without the need for spaceships or any other type of technology. The device allows for near-instantaneous teleporta