Galaxies rotate every billion years, say scientists - just like clockwork

Nicholas Fearn
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Galaxies spin just like clocks, claim scientists

Scientists in Australia studying the universe believe that galaxies rotate with the regularity of clocks - but over periods of a billion years. A team of astronomers at the University of Western...

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