The Mystery of the Great Attractor

Did you know that our galaxy, along with other galaxies in our neighborhood, are being pulled at an incredible speed towards a mysterious force known as the 'Great Attractor'? Found in the intergalactic void, the Great Attractor is a region located about 150 million light-years away, towards the constellation of Centaurus.

What's fascinating is that it's pulling the Milky Way, along with a whole lot of other galaxies and superclusters, towards it at a phenomenal speed of 14 million miles per hour! Astronomers are yet to decipher what this force is due to the zone of avoidance - an area in the night sky filled with so much dust and gas from our own galaxy that it obscures almost everything behind it.

With current available technology and understanding, we can't see or study this region effectively.

This cosmic mystery remains puzzling and intriguing for astrophysicists around the globe..