Galaxy may reside within a black hole, research suggests

Recent research suggests that our galaxy may be located within a black hole. This idea comes from new findings using NASA's James Webb Telescope, which observed the rotation of galaxies in ways that contradict previous beliefs about the universe. The Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey examined 263 galaxies. It found that most of them rotate in the same direction. About two-thirds of these galaxies rotate clockwise, while the remaining one-third rotate counterclockwise. The Milky Way galaxy, which spins counterclockwise, is among the minority. Traditionally, scientists expected to see a roughly equal amount of clockwise and counterclockwise rotating galaxies if the universe were random. One explanation for this unusual rotation pattern is that the universe was born with a spin. This notion aligns with "black hole cosmology," which proposes that our universe exists within a black hole formed in a larger universe. This theory challenges previous ideas, such as the Big Bang being the beginning of everything. Additionally, this research raises the possibility that each black hole might lead to another universe. Thus, we could be part of a multiverse. The black hole theory, which is not new, posits that the edge of a black hole—the event horizon—also serves as the boundary of what we can see in our universe. There are other theories for the rotation patterns, too. One possibility is that the Milky Way's own movement could skew measurements. If that's true, scientists would need to adjust how they calculate distances in the universe. This recalibration may also provide answers to other unresolved questions in cosmology.