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devlux [soylentnews.org] writes:

According to a recent article published in the journals of the Royal Astronomical Society
https://www.ras.org.uk/news-and-press/2816-astronomers-in-south-africa-discover-mysterious-alignment-of-black-holes [ras.org.uk]

Deep radio imaging by researchers in the University of Cape Town and University of the Western Cape, in South Africa, has revealed that supermassive black holes in a region of the distant universe are all spinning out radio jets in the same direction – most likely a result of primordial mass fluctuations in the early universe.

A large-scale spin distribution has never been predicted by theories – and an unknown phenomenon like this presents a challenge that theories about the origins of the universe need to account for, and an opportunity to find out more about the way the cosmos works.

-- This reminds me of an old saying. The Most Exciting Phrase in Science Is Not ‘Eureka!’ But ‘That’s funny …’ cite: http://quoteinvestigator.com/2015/03/02/eureka-funny/ [quoteinvestigator.com]

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