The "Great Attractor"

[mubs]

What is the Milky Way Speeding Towards at 14 Million MPH?

Fascinating article. I felt really, really small (in every way!) after reading this.

 

[Mercutio]

I saw that article too. It's interesting to think that there may simply be non-luminous matter out in space somewhere (which would make the "attractor" gravity), or that there may be an unknown force that's acting on whole galaxies with only our ability to indirectly measure it as a clue to its existence.

On the other hand, sometimes I think Physicists just make stuff up to see if laypeople will buy into it.

 

[sechs]

Like extra dimensions?