I thought scientists were supposed to be smart……
“whether they are spinning clockwise or counter-clockwise”
Ummmm, surely this is a dumb question as it has two correct answers?
If you look at a spinning disc from the ‘top’ and it appears to be spinning ‘clockwise’ then from the bottom (underneath) it would appear to be spinning counter-clockwise!
The next question would therefore have to be “are we viewing the galaxy from the top or the bottom” – followed by “does a galaxy actually have a top and bottom”!
And there was I thinking scientists were supposed to be smart……