Illustration of a black hole in a globular cluster.
Can we be inside a black hole? According to scientists, this is one of three theories that explain the strange standard in the rotation of the galaxies of the primitive universe that the James Webb (JWST) space telescope detected.
A new study based on observations from the famous telescope revealed a strange pattern in the rotation of galaxies of the primitive universe, what according to scientists at the University of Kansas raises an issue: Is our cosmos located inside a black hole?
The team analyzed images of 263 galaxies from the primitive universe, sufficiently clear to discern their direction of rotation, thanks to the powerful webb infrared capabilities, which has shown astronomers the light emitted by distant galaxies just 300 million years after Big Bang.
According to current cosmological models, the universe should be homogeneous to large scales, that is, there should be no preferential direction for the rotation of the galaxies. But these researchers, according to the study in mid -February in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Societyfound a significant discrepancy in the direction of rotation.
Of the galaxies studied, 105 (40%) rolled in the opposite direction to the clock pointers, while the other 158 (60%) rolled towards the clock pointers. “The difference is so obvious that anyone who looks at the image can see“, Confesses Lior shamirProfessor of Informatics Sciences at the Faculty of Engineering Carl R. Ice, from U. Kansas.
Starring field of galaxies, with red and blue circles around some galaxies to indicate opposite rotation directions. Galaxies photographed by the JWST that run in the same direction in relation to the Milky Way (red) and in the opposite direction in relation to the Milky Way (Blue). The number of galaxies that run in the opposite direction in relation to the Milky Way, as observed from the earth, is much larger.
The three theories of scientists
From the surprise, scientists began to ponder new explanations. One points out to the possibility of the universe being born with a preferential rotation. According to, some cosmological models, including theories such as the ellipsoidal universe, the Big Bang Dipolo and isotropic inflation, propose that large -scale distribution of galaxies rotations could be aligned along a cosmological scale axis.
To be true, this alignment could coincide with the position of the galactic pole – although researchers remember that everything may be a coincidence.
But the most “spicy” theory presented by the team suggests that the rotation of the universe could be the result of this Inside a black hole in a larger universe. The idea aligns with the concept of cosmology of black holes, which postulates that our whole universe exists within a black hole.
“But if the universe was actually born in rotation, it means that existing cosmos theories are incomplete,” Shamir reflects: if so, “we will have to recalibrate our distance measurements to the deep universe.”
The hypothesis lacks more evidence to gain strength. In the event, the team has a third theory: the doppler effect – which causes the light of objects that move away from us appear diverted to the red and the light of objects that approach us appear diverted to the blue.
According to the theory, the galaxies that rotate in the opposite direction to the Milky Way would seem brighter, distorting the results. If the speed of rotation of the Milky Way has a greater effect than the previously assumed, it could explain why the galaxies that rotate in the opposite direction appear more prominent in the remarks of the distant universe. This effect can have much greater implications for our understanding of cosmology.
