25 Things That Make Scientists Question Reality Itself
A rapid-fire list video cataloging genuinely strange scientific findings — from Denisovan DNA still running human immune systems to two-thirds of early galaxies spinning the same direction.
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Two-thirds of the earliest galaxies in the universe are spinning in the same clockwise direction — and if the entire universe has been spinning on an axis since the Big Bang, it changes everything we know about physics.
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LIKETHEPOST25 (Mike Boyd) presents 25 phenomena that challenge scientific understanding, ranging from biology and geology to astronomy and physics.
Several entries focus on deep space mysteries. The James Webb telescope revealed that the Phoenix galaxy cluster's black hole, equal to 10 billion suns, is somehow still producing new stars thanks to a hidden gas layer at 540,000 degrees.
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A Yale study found Denisovan interbreeding happened at least three separate times, leaving over 3,000 genetic variants still active in Pacific peoples' immune systems today.
In November 2018, the entire planet rang like a bell for 20 minutes, producing a perfectly clean signal repeating every 17 seconds with no surface shaking felt.
Two-thirds of the earliest galaxies in the universe are spinning in the same clockwise direction — and if the entire universe has been spinning on an axis since the Big Bang, it changes everything we know about physics.
A two-thirds majority spinning the same way implies the whole universe has a preferred axis, overturning the assumption of cosmic isotropy.
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>> is creating those massive radioactive flares. One, the clockwise cosmos. There is a massive anomaly sitting [music] right at the beginning of time. When the James Webb telescope looked back at the earliest galaxies in the universe, it found that two-thirds of them are spinning in the exact same clockwise direction. Galaxy rotation is supposed to be completely random. This discovery has led some astrophysicists to propose a mind-bending theory. The entire universe itself was born spinning on an axis right from the Big Bang.
Two-thirds of the earliest galaxies in the universe it found that two-thirds of them are spinning in the exact same clockwise direction Galaxy rotation is supposed to be completely random. This discovery has led some astrophysicists to propose a mind-bending theory. — and if the entire universe itself was born has been spinning on an axis right from since the Big Bang, it changes everything we know about physics.
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A species that vanished millennia ago is actively running your body's defense against viruses right now.
Extinct Denisovan immune variants still active in living humans means evolution across species lines never truly ended.
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>> but at least three separate times. Researchers looked at genomes from Papua New Guinea and surrounding islands, finding over 3,000 Denisovan genetic variants still active in people today. >> [music] >> The wild part is that most of these variants control your immune system. It means a species that vanished millennia ago is actively running your body's defense against viruses right now. 24, celestial atmospheric twins. For years, photographers in Canada kept spotting a strange purple [music] streak of light in the night sky. It wasn't the northern lights because
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In November 2018, something caused the entire planet to ring like a bell for 20 minutes straight — producing a single, perfectly clean signal repeating exactly every 17 seconds, with no shaking felt on the surface.
An amateur caught a globally synchronized seismic pulse that professional seismologists missed entirely, and its source remains unidentified.
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Once it steals too much mass, it hits a volatile tipping point. The surface layer ignites in a massive explosion, which sends a violent shockwave ripping [music] inward toward the core, triggering a second, even larger explosion from the inside out. 13, the global ringing. In November 2018, something caused the entire planet to ring like a bell for 20 minutes straight, >> [music] >> and mainstream seismologists completely missed it. The only reason we found out is because an amateur geologist noticed a weird pattern on a live online feed. The wave started near an island by
out. 13, the global ringing. In November 2018, something caused the entire planet to ring like a bell for 20 minutes straight — producing a single, perfectly clean signal repeating exactly every 17 seconds, with no shaking felt on the surface.
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It looks like the entire rainforest was chemically treating its own wounds.
Coordinated chemical release across an entire ecosystem suggests the Amazon may operate with something resembling collective biological agency.
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emit specific chemicals. But when the rains return, the forest suddenly releases a wave of brand new compounds never seen in a rainforest before. >> [music] >> One of them is beta-eudesmol, a chemical human cells use as an anti-inflammatory to heal damage. [music] It looks like the entire rainforest was chemically treating its own wounds. Seven. Single-celled mazes. Think about a single-celled organism called a choanoflagellate. It looks like a tiny balloon with a tail. Not exactly an intellectual [music] powerhouse. But when scientists put them inside
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Six out of eight rogue planets studied had their own disks of dust swirling around them — homeless planets actively forming miniature solar systems out in the void.
Starless planets building their own planetary systems challenges the assumption that solar systems require a host star to form.
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armor. 21. Rogue planet systems. Space is packed with trillions of rogue planets drifting through the dark without apparent star [music] to orbit. But they might not be as lonely as we thought. Researchers at the University of St. Andrews discovered that some of these massive worlds have their own disks of dust swirling around them. Out of eight rogue planets they studied, six of them had these rings. It looks like these homeless planets are actively forming their own miniature solar systems out in the void. 20. Frozen relic galaxies. While most of the universe is constantly
disks of dust swirling around them. Six out of eight rogue planets they studied six had their own disks of dust swirling around them had these rings. It looks like these — homeless planets are actively forming their own miniature solar systems out in the void.
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