Planets, stars, and galaxies all spin along an axis of rotation. But does the universe itself also whirl around an axis, or several, albeit on a much larger scale? If it did, it would fly in the face of scientists’ most basic assumptions about the cosmos we inhabit. Now, one researcher believes his latest observations may provide evidence for this possibility. This notion that our universe was born with a spinning structure has been floated by scientists for years, but it is heavily debated because it could violate a fundamental…