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Re:James Webb Space Telescope Reveals That Most Galaxies Rot... by smeej on Monday March 31, 2025 @07:43PM (#43541257)
So it makes about as much sense to ask why 2/3rds of the galaxies are "upside-down" from our vantage point, because there's no clear reason it should be something other than 50% in a sample size this large?
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Re:James Webb Space Telescope Reveals That Most Galaxies Rot... by jfengel on Monday March 31, 2025 @10:49PM (#43542324)
Correct. On the largest scales it should be 50-50.

If it's not that would add a significant term to the Big Bang that nobody had previously expected. It would be a rather big deal... if it holds up.

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