Universe may reside inside a black hole, study claims

A new study using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) suggests that our universe may exist inside a black hole. This research hints that the universe has a specific spin direction, which fits the idea of black hole cosmology. The JWST, launched on December 25, 2021, operates about 1.5 million miles from Earth. It has taken some of the most detailed images of distant galaxies since starting its observations in the summer of 2022. Black holes are created when massive stars collapse under their own gravity. Typically, their cores become so dense that nothing, not even light, can escape. Black hole cosmology proposes that inside a black hole, strange forces may prevent it from collapsing and could lead to the formation of a new universe. According to the theory, when a black hole becomes extremely dense, it creates a force that pushes back against gravity. This could result in a bounce that resembles the Big Bang. However, nothing can escape from the event horizon of a black hole, so this new universe would expand into a separate area of spacetime. The JWST has been studying galaxies and found that many of them spin in the same direction. For every galaxy spinning counter-clockwise, two spin clockwise. This pattern is unusual and suggests a possible black hole origin for our universe. Study author Lior Shamir points out that while one explanation could be that the universe started spinning, it also raises questions about current theories in cosmology. There is also a chance that the spin observations are influenced by the Earth’s own motion, which could distort how we perceive galaxy spins. If the spin imbalance is due to observational effects, researchers may need to adjust how they measure distances in the universe. This recalibration could help solve other mysteries about the growth of galaxies and the rate at which the universe is expanding.