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    An unknown force is pulling the Milky Way and other galaxies towards it at 12 million mph


    Researchers are struggling to understand WHAT is ‘pulling’ our galaxy, the Milky Way, and other galaxies towards IT at an incredible speed of 22 million kilometers per hour.

    Just as the movement of tectonic plates shows the properties of the interior of the Earth, the motions of galaxies provides information about the main constituents of the Universe: Dark Matter and Dark Energy. Dark matter is an invisible material whose presence can be demonstrated only by its action on the movements of galaxies and stars, not emitting or reflecting light. Dark energy is THE mysterious force behind the universe and its acceleration.

    Interestingly, there are many researchers that theorize about ‘Multiverses’, other universe located extremely close to our own, perhaps even only a millimeter away. The extreme proximity and the existence of other universes have several consequences to our universe, like gravity that is ‘leaking through’ into our universe, which, according to numerous scientists, could be responsible for the production of dark energy and dark matter which make up around 96% of the ‘known’ universe.







    This unknown force which has been dubbed as “The Great Attractor” is pulling our galaxy and everything around it towards a specific point in space, located approximately 250 million light-years away. Basically, the Great Attractor is considered by researchers as a ‘gravitational anomaly’ located within the vicinity of the Hydra-Centaurus Supercluster at the center of the Laniakea Supercluster. Adding to the mystery is the fact that the ‘Great Attractor’ happens to lie in a direction in the sky referred to as the ‘Zone of Avoidance’. Towards that direction, there is so much dust and gas that our satellites and telescopes can’t see very far in the visible spectrum.

    The Great Attractor is certainly there (because we see its gravitational influence), but the major portion of the mass that must be there cannot be seen in our telescopes. (source)





    Researchers discovered indications of the mysterious force back in the 70’s. As time passed by and our telescopes got bigger and better we were able to learn more about that specific region in space. In time, astronomers discovered that there is a giant supercluster of galaxies known as the Norma Cluster, which has a mass of about 1,000 trillion suns or thousands of galaxies. The exact position of the mysterious force was pinpointed in 1986.

    We can only observe that the Milky Way and everything around is being pulled by that ‘something’ and that mysterious force must be something massive, strange and fascinating, something that is both extraordinary and scary.


    A gigantic concentration behind the Great Attractor: An ‘even’ Greater Attractor?


    As we mentioned above, efforts to study the Great Attractor in the past were hampered by its location in the ‘Zone of Avoidance,’ but, a study called CIZA was the first to search and investigate the nature of the Great Attractor a couple of years ago.

    The mass of the Great Attractor isnt strong enough to pull everything towards it, this is why, when we look at an even bigger picture we find that numerous galaxies including the Great Attractor are in fact moving towards something that is even larger than the Great Attractor.

    “X-rays can penetrate even regions that are extremely obscured by gas and dust, and galaxy clusters are sources of X-rays. This is what prompted us to attempt to map the distribution of galaxy clusters behind the plane of the Milky Way using X-ray observations,” explains Ebeling, who initiated the survey in 1998.

    The CIZA project managed to find a significant concentration of galaxies which are located behind the great Attractor, finding an even GREATER Attractor behind the original one, near the Shapley Supercluster located approximately 500 million light-years away or four times the distance to the Great Attractor region.


    “One of our goals was to uncover the true mass of the Great Attractor. What we found is that it is not that great after all,” says Kocevski.

    The study confirmed for the first time that the presence of structures more distant than the Great Attractor directly influence the Milky Way and are pulling our galaxy and many others towards it.

    While researchers such as Kocevski believe that mass concentrations such as the Great Attractor were fairly common in the Universe, implying that the early Universe contained much more mass that previous estimates, other researchers remain skeptical about the CIZA study and the mysterious force that continues to pull every one of us towards it, near the Zone of Avoidance at the center of the Laniakea Supercluster.

    X-ray observations with the ROSAT satellite then revealed that Abell 3627 is at the center of the Great Attractor.
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    An illustration of our home supercluster Laniakea and The Great Attractor


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    It's GOD sitting in his armchair reading the news

    All things lead to the Great Architect, we are all feed-back to Her/him/it in one way or another.
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    Very cool information, thanks.

    I can't help but giggle at the top first picture in the op where of course the Milky Way is in the center of the universe...

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    Quote Posted by Saint Theresa (here)
    Very cool information, thanks.

    I can't help but giggle at the top first picture in the op where of course the Milky Way is in the center of the universe...
    Well spotted, I messed that
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    Addtion:

    Sorry Ponda I forgot to grat you on a great Post.
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    Quote Posted by Saint Theresa (here)
    Very cool information, thanks.

    I can't help but giggle at the top first picture in the op where of course the Milky Way is in the center of the universe...

    Maybe the Milky Way is ' The Great Repellor '
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    Thanks Ponda, yes I am aware of it. This attractor is ~3 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 kg with a diameter of ~70 billion km (~5.5 million times the diameter of earth). But there are greater attractors out there, the next great attractor is in kg mass one > 255 number figure (it passes the number limit in Excel that is 255), but that one is in some other dimension/density/plane of existence... Before you reach that, there are two additional great gravitational center points in terms of mass, the first one is 100 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 kg in mass, the other one is very very massive...!

    And here is what's most mind blowing - it does not seem to end - there are infinitely more greater attractors!

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    Adding to the mystery is the fact that the ‘Great Attractor’ happens to lie in a direction in the sky referred to as the ‘Zone of Avoidance’. Towards that direction, there is so much dust and gas that our satellites and telescopes can’t see very far in the visible spectrum.
    Yes, there is also the effect of phase kicking in that I think the telescopes are impacted by - time-space as we know it dissolves.
    Last edited by WhiteLove; 9th January 2016 at 17:39.

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    Quote Posted by WhiteLove (here)
    Thanks Ponda, yes I am aware of it. This attractor is ~3 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 kg with a diameter of ~70 billion km (~5.5 million times the diameter of earth). But there are greater attractors out there, the next great attractor is in kg mass one > 255 number figure (it passes the number limit in Excel that is 255), but that one is in some other dimension/density/plane of existence... Before you reach that, there are two additional gravitational center points, the first one is 100 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 kg in mass, the other one is very very massive...!

    And here is what's most mind blowing - it does not seem to end - there are infinitely more greater attractors!

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    Adding to the mystery is the fact that the ‘Great Attractor’ happens to lie in a direction in the sky referred to as the ‘Zone of Avoidance’. Towards that direction, there is so much dust and gas that our satellites and telescopes can’t see very far in the visible spectrum.
    Yes, there is also the effect of phase kicking in that I think the telescopes are impacted by - time-space as we know it dissolves.

    Very interesting info.Talk about big numbers


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    Thanks Ponda, yes I am aware of it. This attractor is ~3 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 kg with a diameter of ~70 billion km (~5.5 million times the diameter of earth). But there are greater attractors out there, the next great attractor is in kg mass one > 255 number figure (it passes the number limit in Excel that is 255), but that one is in some other dimension/density/plane of existence... Before you reach that, there are two additional gravitational center points, the first one is 100 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 kg in mass, the other one is very very massive...!

    And here is what's most mind blowing - it does not seem to end - there are infinitely more greater attractors!

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    Adding to the mystery is the fact that the ‘Great Attractor’ happens to lie in a direction in the sky referred to as the ‘Zone of Avoidance’. Towards that direction, there is so much dust and gas that our satellites and telescopes can’t see very far in the visible spectrum.
    Yes, there is also the effect of phase kicking in that I think the telescopes are impacted by - time-space as we know it dissolves.

    Very interesting info.Talk about big numbers


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    The Great Attractor anomaly is estimated to be 150-220 million light years away. Its calculated mass is 10 quintillion solar masses. They're not really sure what it is.

    Quote No matter where you are, you are always moving. The Earth orbits the sun, and the sun moves round the galaxy. But what is it that makes the galaxy move? That is going to be our topic today. Everything in our local galaxy supercluster, Laniakea, is being dragged towards a very high concentration of mass hidden behind the plane of our galaxy. It has all the ingredients for an epic space mystery, it is the Great Attractor.

    TIMESTAMPS:
    0:00 Introduction
    2:13 Galaxies
    4:04 Our Local Universe
    6:56 The Laniakea Supercluster
    9:00 The Great Attractor
    10:03 The Zone of Avoidance
    11:45 History of Great Attractor Observations
    13:56 Surveying the Great Attractor Region
    18:39 Dark Flow
    20:27 The Dipole Repeller
    22:16 CIZA Search
    23:37 The Shapley Supercluster
    26:03 The Vela Supercluster
    27:30 Closing Statements

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