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James Webb Space Telescope reveals that most galaxies rotate clockwise

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352 points instagraham | 1 comments | 31 Mar 25 10:31 UTC | HN request time: 0.199s | source
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tagami ◴[31 Mar 25 16:10 UTC] No.43536640[source]▶
If you look at the galaxy from the other side, wouldn’t it be counterclockwise?
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1. bigmadshoe ◴[31 Mar 25 16:17 UTC] No.43536716[source]▶
Yes, but I think the interesting thing is that there are a greater number of galaxies spinning one way than another.