6.7 meters in diameter +29 tons (64,000 lbs) - "That is how
we're supposed to travel light years across the galaxy to other
planets." - —Cameron Mitchell The Stargates, also called the
Astria Porta in Ancient and the Chappa'ai in Goa'uld, are a
series of devices, built by the Ancients, that create artificial
subspace wormholes, allowing for near-instantaneous
transportation between two distant points in space. The
Stargates are often considered to be the Ancients' greatest
creation, and so the Ancients are often called the Gate
Builders. The Ancients, the Asurans, the Tollan (with the help
of the Nox), and the Ori are the only known races that have
managed to build Stargates. The original Stargate design was
invented by an Alteran named Amelius, from an idea he formulated
the night before the Alterans left their home galaxy for the
Milky Way. It is unknown if he actually built the first of the
Stargate Network. They are among the oldest examples of Ancient
technology found in the Milky Way galaxy; the Stargat