Sam Wormley wrote:
Happy Hippy wrote:


The only question is
'Whence the spin?'
The answer:
The Universe is spinning.


There is plenty of spinning going on *within* the universe, but the
universe as a whole....

Assuming the inflationary scenario is correct, one would expect any
universal rotation to be extremely small.

Some Papers involving "Rotation of the Universe"

http://www.google.com/search?q=%22ro...%3AarX iv.org

Yes, there is lots of spinning in the Universe.
The Universe continues at larger and smaller scales infinitely.
But the scale we are concerned with
is the next up from Black Holes.

Consider the neutron star; collections of electrons
melded to protons fall back into the BH to be spun
back up into plasma, stuff of stars.

What is this Black Hole? It is itself a nucleus
composed of protons and neutrons. It is spin.

Where did it get its spin? When it was in the same
Super Black Hole that created ALL the galaxies we
can see!

Of course all the galaxies we can see plus their brethren
that we can't see are not the only matter in the
Universe; simply that making up the stars and planets
of ONE Super Galaxy.

One of many, many, many such Super Galaxies.
Each separated by *VAST* volumes of empty space.

So, yes, in the Universe there are pockets of spin, which
are surrounded by smaller and smaller pockets of spin.

"There is plenty of spinning going on *within* the universe, but the
universe as a whole...." is infinite.

John
Galaxy Model for the Atom
http://www.users.accesscomm.ca/john