The super-mega-giga structure we live within is actually a Russian matryoshka, the new mind-blowing theory says.

A researcher has stumbled upon a fascinating discovery while examining data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope: out of the 263 galaxies he’s studied, two-thirds were rotating clockwise, while only one-third spun counterclockwise.

Lior Shamir, an associate professor of computer science at Kansas State University, says that this unexpected pattern challenges the common assumption that galaxies would spin in equal measure in both directions.

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Shamir noted in a press release dedicated to his discovery, "It's still unclear what causes this behavior, but we have two main theories. One possibility is that the universe itself began with a rotation."

This theory, detailed by the scientist in a paper published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, aligns with black hole cosmology, suggesting that our entire universe exists inside a black hole.

The findings also justify a concept known as "Schwarzschild cosmology" - a theory positing that our galaxy is trapped within a black hole, which is part of an even larger universe – a sort of Russian matryoshka dolls hiding one inside the other.

Spiral galaxies imaged by JWST that rotate in the same direction relative to the Milky Way (red) and in the opposite direction relative to the Milky Way (blue). The number of galaxies rotating in the opposite direction relative to the Milky Way as observed from Earth is far higher. Credit: Kansas University

If true, this could change everything. Other black holes might not just be dead ends but hidden gateways, or Einstein-Rosen bridges or wormholes, leading to unknown universes. Which we can't see because their gravity traps light.

In comments on the new paper, theoretical physicist Nikodem Poplawski, who supports the idea that we're surrounded by potential doorways to other universes believes that “If our universe was born in a rotating black hole, it might have inherited a specific rotation axis from that black hole, influencing the spin of galaxies and resulting in this unusual rotation pattern.”

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However, Shamir's findings raise questions about whether the Milky Way's own rotation could be influencing galaxy spin. Since our galaxy rotates around its center, Shamir suggests that galaxies spinning in the opposite direction might appear brighter, explaining the odd distribution of rotations seen in his study.

"If that's true, we may need to adjust our measurements of distance in the deep universe. This recalibration could also help solve various cosmological puzzles, such as why some galaxies appear older than the universe itself,” Shamir explained.

In the grand scheme of things, while nothing seems permanent, one can't help but wonder — is there an endpoint to all of this? What lies beyond the black hole that contains us?

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