1. Are they really saying "Because we are in a universe with a preferred spin and black holes have spin, we must be inside a black hole?" Tenuous, no?
2. If we are inside a black hole, where is the singularity?
James Webb Space Telescope reveals that most galaxies rotate clockwise
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Re: James Webb Space Telescope reveals that most galaxies rotate clockwise
#52Potentially a very dumb question, but seeing the difference between cyclones and hurricane on earth (clock-wise, anti-clock-wise)... Does it mean that we are, potentially, on one of two poles(?) of the observable universe, if we're observing most galaxies around us rotating a certain way?
Regardless of if this is the case, the idea certainly blew my mind
Re: James Webb Space Telescope reveals that most galaxies rotate clockwise
#53Potentially a very dumb question, but seeing the difference between cyclones and hurricane on earth (clock-wise, anti-clock-wise)... Does it mean that we are, potentially, on one of two poles(?) of the observable universe, if we're observing most galaxies around us rotating a certain way?
Wow, interesting thought
Re: James Webb Space Telescope reveals that most galaxies rotate clockwise
#54> This preferred direction of spin might be due to one of two reasons: either our entire universe exists in a black hole, or astronomers have been measuring the universe’s expansion incorrectly This is the subtitle of the article. It’s such a great summary!
Of all the mind-boggling answers explaining this direction-of-spin thing, they picked the one saying "Hey actually you know what, our entire (mind-boggingly large) universe itself is located in a black hole. That'll explain things nicely."
The convenience of black-boxy things!
Re: James Webb Space Telescope reveals that most galaxies rotate clockwise
#55This study does not conclusively prove most galaxies rotate clockwise...Just has a somewhat strong observation of asymmetry. Other studies that the paper mentions, and criticizes, did not observe it.
Study is at around 3σ (like 62 heads in 100 flips). It is more likely that future studies disprove it, and this is an issue with the methods, if I am of the betting type... :-)
Re: James Webb Space Telescope reveals that most galaxies rotate clockwise
#56Seems like we've got a few of these imbalances now where you'd expect 50:50 but instead it's skewed to one side where nature had a different idea Matter-antimatter ratio Left vs right handed molecules Now galaxy spin directions Maybe there are others I missed too
Isn’t there a different observation for why planets tend to orbit in the same direction in a solar system?
It's easily provable that any matter rotating other way gets expelled or thrown to center (Sun). So majority wins.
Re: James Webb Space Telescope reveals that most galaxies rotate clockwise
#57Potentially a very dumb question, but seeing the difference between cyclones and hurricane on earth (clock-wise, anti-clock-wise)... Does it mean that we are, potentially, on one of two poles(?) of the observable universe, if we're observing most galaxies around us rotating a certain way?
Wow, interesting thought
Universe of left-handed people.
Re: James Webb Space Telescope reveals that most galaxies rotate clockwise
#58So, there is a visible order about this matter. That they are "rotating", instead of, for example, "Z-Pattern" movement.
Amazing.
Re: James Webb Space Telescope reveals that most galaxies rotate clockwise
#59Potentially a very dumb question, but seeing the difference between cyclones and hurricane on earth (clock-wise, anti-clock-wise)... Does it mean that we are, potentially, on one of two poles(?) of the observable universe, if we're observing most galaxies around us rotating a certain way?
That would be super cool to find out! And then it also begs the question, is there something at the center that unites the two poles? If so then what is it!
It would also imply that our whole universe is rotating - the only reason this happens on Earth is because of our planets rotation and the Coriolis effect.
Re: James Webb Space Telescope reveals that most galaxies rotate clockwise
#60Earlier quoted context omitted.
Clockwise relative to our viewpoint, while we would expect that we'd see an equal number rotating in either direction no matter which way we looked or where we were looking from.
> relative to our viewpoint That would seem way more surprising than relative to a arbitrarily selected common upwards direction and it would imply that we are somehow at the center/top of the universe.
You are correct, we are indeed at the center of the universe.
Hence the farther we observe stuff, the earlier in time it happens. And if an observer moves to a different location, they will still be at the center of the universe (aka light cone).