Well thanks I missed that in the beginning I guess

You are correct

Possibly, the dictionary definition in the photo didn’t mention anything about UK and specifically mentions the 3rd person tenses, so I must just be confused and missing that somewhere

What would happen if one were to stop spinning? Could one even stop spinning?

I thought so as well but the article says the spin doesn’t match the accretion disc, I’m not sure if that’s s significant aspect of the discovery possibly? I’m not well versed in relativity to be honest

Edit: forgive me, someone below said pretty much this