If The Big Bang Theory is true, Why aren't all the Galaxy's spinning in the same direction?

Answer 1

Because the big bang theory says nothing about what direction galaxies spin.

Sorry, why would they all spin in the same direction?

Incidentally, you can't say what direction a galaxy is spinning. From one side it is clockwise, from the other it it counter clockwise. Try it. Take a CD and rotate it, slowly, clockwise in your hand while viewing it from the top. Not while you continue rotating it, look at it from the bottom. It will appear to be rotating counter clockwise. With galaxies the same thing occurs except that "top" and "bottom" are completely arbitrary.

Answer 2

The Big Bang Theory doesn't imply or require that galaxies spin in the same direction. If the Big Bang had some initial angular momentum, that might show up as a preferential spin direction, but the evidence is that the initial angular momentum was zero. Galaxy rotation is determined by local conditions during the formation of the galaxy, not by initial conditions in the Big Bang.

Answer 3

Why would they be? There is no mechanism involved in the big bang to do such a thing.

BTW, there isn't much space for "if" in your question. The big bang is, excuse the pun, almost universally accepted among any astronomer or cosmologist. The leading model, called the inflationary theory, describes the history, density, distribution, and chemical makeup of our universe down to a T, and has been very well and repeatedly verified through observations.

For an interesting history and explanation of inflationary theory, including just WHY it's so darned good of a theory, check out the book below.

Answer 4

Simply put, the Big Bang theory states that all of the matter of the entire universe started out as a tiny, tiny, tiny, EXTREMLY dense ball of matter. This ball started spinning really, really quickly until it unraveled into the universe that we see today, still expanding. The laws of entropy tell us that if something flies off of something else that is spinning, then all of the things that fly off will also be spinning in the same direction, opposite of the direction of the origionally spinning object. For example, if you put a bunch of kids on a merry-go-round (try and find one of those in a park anymore...) and set it to spin so fast that the kids couldn't hold on anymore, when they go flying they will also be spinning, all in the same direction, all in the opposite direction of the merry-go-round. However, say one of those kids hit a tree, he would then be diverted, and set to spin in the opposite direction that they were spinning previousely. If the matter from the big bang ran into other matter from the big bang, it could result in entire galexies spinning in opposite directions. The laws of entropy are proven patterns in the laws of nature.
The question really should be, "Where did the matter in the tiny spinning dot come from?"
I personally believe God created the heavens and the earth, and when He did, He made some galexies to spin this way, and some to spin that way, to make men who think their smart look stupid. That's my theory. But you can't use the laws of entropy to win this one.

Answer 5

That is an incredibly technical question. Can't do it in 10,000 words or less. Sorry. The Big Bang Theory notes that space is expanding, and has been expanding, for about 13.7 billion years, give or take. The galaxies inside the fabric of space just move along with it. Their spin has to do with their formation processes, and those processes are quite random.

Answer 6

Spinning in the 'same' direction implies order to the Horrendous Kablooie. A cataclysmic event whether small or large would seem to send particles in random directions and 'spins.' Sorry, there's no intelligent design to the Universe....contrary to what you may have heard.

Answer 7

The big bang is a theory to sell for the masses, if the big bang is true then why are they talking about parallel universes , would that make every universe subject to its own theory of big bang?

Answer 8

The big bang has nothing to do with which direction various galaxies happen to be spinning...or not spinning...

Answer 9

The Big Bang Theory isn't true. How could planets be created by an explosion, something that destroys things? It is impossible for something so perfectly desinged as earth to have been created by that!!!!!!!!!

Answer 10

I see astronomy has the same religeous nuts on it that geology has. I'll bet that if I go to biology these same nuts will be disputing evolution over there.