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Most of the galaxies in the universe rotate in the same direction. Why this happens highlights a gap in our understanding of how the universe works. "It is still not clear what causes this to happen, but there are two primary possible explanations," says astronomer Lior Shamir of Kansas State University. @ScienceAlert explores both:
@ScienceDesk @ScienceAlert "It is still not clear what causes this to happen, but there are two primary possible explanations," says astronomer Lior Shamir of Kansas State University.
That's amazingly overconfident. Just say, "We don't know why this happens."
@ScienceDesk @ScienceAlert Ok, maybe I don’t understand the problem. Let’s say you have a disk that is rotating clockwise as seen from above on the z axis. If you move to the negative z axis and look, it will be rotating counterclockwise. So maybe the question is why we are seeing more galaxies from the positive z axis view. Surely the scientists get this. #confused
making sweeping theories based on data obtained from a small sample size.