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science23 days ago•37 min saved

Hidden Giant Behind the Milky Way: Vela Supercluster Rewrites Our Local Gravity

Astronomers using the CosmicFlows dataset and new redshifts from SALT and MeerKAT have shown the Vela Supercluster, located behind the Milky Way in the Zone of Avoidance, is far larger and more massive than once thought—about 33,800 trillion solar masses across roughly 300 million light-years. Comprising two walls of galaxy clusters moving toward each other, it exerts a gravitational pull rivaling or exceeding the Great Attractor and helps explain local galaxy motions, effectively completing a map of a major gravitational player hidden behind our galaxy.

via Yahoo|

#cosmic-flows #great-attractor #science

science10 months ago•3 min saved

Our Galaxy's Movement Toward an Invisible Cosmic Force

Astronomers have discovered that our galaxy and over 400 others are being pulled toward an unseen massive structure called the Great Attractor, which is part of the larger Laniakea Supercluster, revealing complex gravitational forces shaping the universe's large-scale structure.

via The Daily Galaxy|

#cosmic-structure #galaxies #gravitational-anomaly

science10 months ago•2 min saved

Our Galaxy Is Being Drawn Toward a Mysterious 300-Million-Light-Year Structure

Astronomers have discovered that our galaxy, along with 399 others, is being pulled towards an unseen massive structure called the Great Attractor, located about 300 million light-years away, which influences the movement of galaxies within the universe's large-scale structure.

via IFLScience|

#cosmic-structure #galaxies #great-attractor

astronomy2 years ago•2 min saved

Astronomers Sound the Alarm as Houston Faces Enormous Threat

Astronomers have discovered a massive gravitational anomaly called the Great Attractor, which is pulling our galaxy and neighboring galaxies towards it at a speed of 1.3 million miles per hour. This force is located in the "Zone of Avoidance," an area obscured by our own galaxy's galactic plane and cosmic dust. Although we cannot see it, the Great Attractor is where our local galaxies are heading, and it is not a threat to swallow us. However, the expansion of the universe will eventually separate us from its influence, as is the fate of other superclusters.

via Times Now|

#astronomy #galaxies #gravitational-anomaly

astronomy2 years ago•2 min saved

Unseen Force Draws Our Galaxy Towards the Great Attractor

Astronomers have discovered that our galaxy, along with 400 other galaxies, is being pulled towards something called the Great Attractor, which is located beyond the "Zone of Avoidance" in the sky. This unseen force is believed to be a massive object that exerts gravitational influence on the galaxies in our local area of the universe. However, the expansion of the universe will eventually cause us to separate from the Great Attractor and other superclusters.

via IFLScience|

#astronomy #expansion-of-the-universe #galaxies