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[Mystical]

The Milky Way galaxy rotates.

4 times, more or less, every billion years.

All galaxies rotate.

This, vorlie.

http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/physics...y-beginner

"Scientists believe that on large scales the Universe is isotropic (the same in all directions). Thus, from our perspective, half of all spiral galaxies should spin clockwise, and half counter-clockwise. A recent analysis of the spin of spiral galaxies confirms this. The public classified over 35,000 spiral galaxies with spins both clockwise and counter-clockwise in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey as part of the Galaxy Zoo project. Scientists published the results in a recent paper and found that the Universe is indeed isotropic - we see the same number of clockwise as counter-clockwise spirals (within the uncertainties)."

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Okay so don't know shit about astronomy. Just read up on isotropic and homogenic universe theory etc. 

I read though that the galaxies spin a certain direction which implies the entire universe does too. That's all I want to know. Is it true?

https://resonance.is/the-rotating-universe/

In more recent events, there have been several findings that suggest that the universe is indeed not entirely homogenous and isotropic. Such examples come from the so called axis of evil identified during an analysis of the microwave background radiation, dark flow, Shamir’s report on the Sloan Digital Sky Survey showing that left-twisted galaxies were much more common than right-swirling galaxies; as well as structural mapping such as the BOSS Great Wall and Laniakea.