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James Webb Space Telescope reveals that most galaxies rotate clockwise

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352 points instagraham | 2 comments | 31 Mar 25 10:31 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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keyle ◴[31 Mar 25 10:59 UTC] No.43533500[source]▶
Potentially 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?

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1. Gooblebrai ◴[31 Mar 25 11:46 UTC] No.43533840[source]▶
Regardless of if this is the case, the idea certainly blew my mind
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2. alfiedotwtf ◴[31 Mar 25 12:45 UTC] No.43534351[source]▶
lol, I’m glad it wasn’t just me that thought “woah wait. wtf did you just say??!”