Scientist claims to have evidence 'our entire universe is trapped inside a black hole'

A space scientist claims our entire cosmos could be ‘trapped’ inside a black hole, calling for astronomers to rethink what they know about cosmology.

Our universe is thought to be around 13.7 billion years old, according to NASA.

Despite the formal exploration of space starting almost seven decades ago, a jaw-dropping 95 percent portion of the cosmos is still classed as being undiscovered.

Of course, astronauts have only been as far as the Moon, but with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), scientists can use infrared technology to capture and focus light to see further into the distance.

Since being launched from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana in 2021, the JWST has collected information on how stars and planets are formed, discovered water vapor in planet-forming disks, and detected carbon dioxide emissions from Jupiter’s Europa moon.

Now, a Kansas State University associate professor of computer science believes the JWST has captured images indicating we’re stuck in a black hole.

Lior Shamir, who has analyzed images for the telescope's Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey (JADES), has published new findings in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

New evidence suggests our universe could be inside a black hole (NASA)

The paper, titled ‘The distribution of galaxy rotation in JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey’, sees Shamir outlining how he used a computer-aided quantitative method to analyze images of galaxy rotations, taken by the machinery.

Shamir wrote that out of the 263 galaxies in the JADES field, two-thirds of them rotated clockwise, while just about a third rotated counterclockwise.

According to a press release issued by the Kansas institution, the number of galaxies rotating in one direction should usually mimic the number spinning in the other - making Shamir’s discovery an unexpected one.

“The analysis of the galaxies was done by quantitative analysis of their shapes, but the difference is so obvious that any person looking at the image can see it," the study’s lead author said.

"There is no need for special skills or knowledge to see that the numbers are different. With the power of the James Webb Space Telescope, anyone can see it.”

A scientist has requested astronomers recalibrate Milky Way distance measurements (NASA)

Although Shamir isn’t certain why a large number of our universe’s galaxies are spinning clockwise, he has issued two possible reasonings.

“One explanation is that the universe was born rotating. That explanation agrees with theories such as black hole cosmology, which postulates that the entire universe is the interior of a black hole.

“But if the universe was indeed born rotating it means that the existing theories about the cosmos are incomplete.”

Space.com reports that if we are indeed trapped inside a black hole, then other observed masses of darkness could actually be wormholes, otherwise known as Einstein-Rosen bridges, to other universes.

Unfortunately, due to their density and lack of light, it’s currently impossible for scientists to observe and learn their otherworldly secrets.

Shamir’s bold claim is backed up by Nikodem Poplawski, a theoretical physicist at the University of New Haven.

"I think that the simplest explanation of the rotating universe is the universe was born in a rotating black hole," he told Space.com.

"A preferred axis in our universe, inherited by the axis of rotation of its parent black hole, might have influenced the rotation dynamics of galaxies, creating the observed clockwise-counterclockwise asymmetry."

The second possible reason why we’re seeing a higher number of galaxies rotating i the opposite direction could be because of the ‘relative motion of the Milky Way’, Shamir stated.

“The motion makes them brighter, and that is why we see more of them,” the expert said, alluding to the Doppler Shift.

The Doppler Shift is the apparent effect produced when the source of a wave is moving in relation to an observer, and the reason why it makes galaxies rotating the other way may look brighter when photographed.

“But I might be wrong, and in that case, the real Universe has more galaxies that rotate in the same direction,” he added.

Based on his findings, Shamir has now called for astronomers to rethink and re-calibrate the effect of the Milky Way's ‘slow’ rotational velocity on their measurements.

“The re-calibration of distance measurements can also explain several other unsolved questions in cosmology such as the differences in the expansion rates of the universe and the large galaxies that according to the existing distance measurements are expected to be older than the universe itself,” he said.

You can read Shamir’s study in full here.