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Rob WaughWeird Spiral Found In Space Could Explain Why We Are Here
It could answer one of the biggest questions - why there is something, rather than nothing
A strange ‘left-handed’ magnetic field which pervades our universe could answer one of the biggest questions - why there is something, rather than nothing.
The pattern, detected by a team led by Prof Tanmay Vachaspati from Arizona State University scanned data from a NASA space telescope, the the NASA Fermi Gamma ray Space Telescope (FGST).
He found a ‘left-handed’ magnetic field which seems to pervade the entire universe, which imprints a pattern on cosmic rays as they pass towards Earth.
The discovery could explain why the universe is made of matter, rather than antimatter - and thus why we are here.
Prof Vachaspati said, ‘Both the planet we live on and the star we orbit are made up of ‘normal’ matter, and though it features in many science fiction stories, antimatter seems to be incredibly rare in nature.
‘With this new result, we have one of the first hints that we might be able to solve this mystery.’
The discovery could have far-reaching implications - and throw light on the first moments of the universe’s history, as stars formed in the wake of the Big Bang.
