Scientist Presents Evidence That Our Universe May Be Inside A Black Hole
Well, that explains a lot about the world today...
A new perspective on the nature of our universe is sparking fresh debate among astronomers. A space scientist is now suggesting that our entire cosmos might actually be confined within a black hole - a theory that, if true, would force us to reconsider many of our long-held ideas about how the universe works.
For years, scientists have estimated the age of the universe to be about 13.7 billion years based on observations from NASA and other research institutions. Even though humanity’s formal exploration of space began only around 70 years ago, we have managed to uncover astonishing details about our cosmic surroundings.
However, it turns out that an overwhelming 95% of the universe remains shrouded in mystery, mainly inaccessible to direct observation. So far, human space travel has taken us only as far as the Moon, and even though we have made incredible progress with unmanned missions and telescopic technology, many questions remain unanswered.
Enter the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a game-changing instrument launched in 2021 from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. Unlike its predecessors, the JWST uses advanced infrared technology to capture light that would otherwise be invisible, allowing scientists to peer deeper into the distant reaches of space.
This telescope has already provided new insights into how stars and planets are born, uncovered water vapor in disks where planets are forming, and even detected carbon dioxide emissions from Jupiter’s moon Europa.
Recent evidence suggests our universe may reside within a black hole.
While analyzing images from the JWST’s Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey (JADES), Lior Shamir, an associate professor of computer science at Kansas State University, made a discovery that challenges the status quo. Shamir has been examining the rotation of galaxies captured in the survey and noticed an unexpected trend.
In a sample of 263 galaxies, he found that roughly two-thirds were rotating in a clockwise direction, while only about one-third rotated counterclockwise. Under normal circumstances, the number of galaxies spinning one way should be roughly equal to those spinning the opposite way.
This imbalance, clear even to a casual observer looking at the images, raises intriguing questions about the fundamental nature of our universe.
“There’s nothing subtle about it,” Shamir remarked. “Any person can see that the numbers don’t match up, which suggests that something very unusual is happening on a cosmic scale.” His comments, featured in the paper titled “The distribution of galaxy rotation in JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey,” published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, have added fuel to the debate.
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A scientist has urged astronomers to recalibrate distance measurements across the Milky Way.
Shamir offers two potential explanations for this unexpected phenomenon. The first possibility is that the universe itself was born with a spin. In this scenario, the imbalance in galaxy rotation could be a remnant of an original rotation present at the moment of the universe’s birth. This idea is closely linked to theories of black hole cosmology, which propose that our universe might be the inner region of a massive black hole.
According to these theories, the rotational momentum of the parent black hole could have been passed on to the galaxies that emerged within it. If this line of reasoning is correct, then the conventional models of cosmology would need significant adjustments, as they currently do not account for a rotating universe on such a large scale.
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The second possibility involves the relative motion of our own Milky Way galaxy. Shamir points out that the movement of our galaxy could be causing a bias in the way we observe other galaxies. Specifically, due to the Doppler Shift - a phenomenon where the light from objects moving toward us appears brighter- galaxies rotating in one direction might be more visible than those rotating in the other.
“The brightness difference could simply be an optical effect, a consequence of our own motion in space,” Shamir explained. However, he also noted that if this were not the case, then the imbalance in rotation directions must be real, pointing to a deeper, more fundamental property of the universe.
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Shamir’s findings have led him to call for a reevaluation of how we measure cosmic distances and interpret rotational data from galaxies. According to him, a recalibration of these measurements could shed light on other unsolved puzzles in cosmology, such as the observed discrepancies in the expansion rate of the universe and the apparent ages of some galaxies - which, under current models, seem older than the universe itself.
It remains to be seen whether our universe is indeed confined within a black hole or whether the peculiar rotation of galaxies is an observational artifact. What is clear, however, is that these new findings from JWST data are pushing scientists to rethink and refine our understanding of the cosmos.
As research continues and more data becomes available, we may be on the verge of a major paradigm shift in cosmology - one that could reshape our understanding of the very fabric of reality.
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