Do all known galaxies spin in the same direction?

Answer 1

The stars in all galaxies must move otherwise they would fall toward the center and create a gigantic black hole. By spinning, galaxies avoid that fate. Some irregular galaxies exist with stars going every which way. Gravity makes some stars give energy to other stars so some will fall toward the center of those galaxies. That might make irregular galaxies start spinning. Nobody knows, but irregular galaxies should have a whole lot more stars drop toward the center than happens in a regular galaxy. That should make the black hole spin. A black hole gives off tremendous gravity. It gives off more as stars fall into it. That should start the galaxy spinning.

Answer 2

I'm not sure, but I will go out and check. I will be back in 47,810,364,690 years (estimated).

All seriousness aside, chirality or spin is important in the universe (and magic), but directionality is dependent on orientation and symmetry. If _I_ spin, I have a top and bottom, so I spin either clockwise (righty) or counterclockwise (lefty). The water in a toilet or sink also exists in a top/up bottom/down matrix, so we can determine directionality of the downward swirl of the water. The direction of the draining water varies depending on whether it occurs in the Northern or Southern Hemisphere of the planet.

But for objects that are symmetric with regards to up/down, top/bottom, such as planets, galaxies, and other round objects, the direction is still there, but it depends on which side of the object you're looking at. Look at the Earth. Normally we look at it with the Arctic at the "top". So it spins counterclockwise (lefty). But turn it upside down, with the Antarctic as the "top", and now it appears to spin clockwise (righty). Same with galaxies. Neither side is top or bottom, it just depends on your view. And galaxies themselves are skewed in all different orientations as they're strewn throughout the universe. Like spinning cosmic pancakes.

So, to answer your question, yes.

Answer 3

The spinning of galaxies is in three-dimensional space. If you look at a galaxy from one side, it spins clockwise. If you look at the same galaxy from the opposite side, it spins counter-clockwise.

Answer 4

Galaxies spin in all different directions.

Some galaxies even spin in different directions within themselves.

Answer 5

Galaxies move in different directions - clockwise and anticlockwise. Some even rotate differently within the same galaxy.