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Ducky · 31-35, F
The Great Attractor. Something big is pulling our galaxy toward it. Something so unimaginably vast and powerful, it can make multiple galaxies gravitate towards it at alarming speed. The scariest thing is we can’t see what it is because we have the unfortunate luck of our solar system being located where the center of the Milky Way obstructs our view of whatever this anomaly may be.
LordShadowfire · 46-50, M
@Ducky Actually, we know what it is. It's the gravitational center of the Laniakea supercluster, a group of over 100,000 galaxies, including ours. Somehow, the center of gravity for all those galaxies is right just there.
But there's good news. With the way the universe is expanding, we'll never actually reach the Great Attractor, even though we're heading toward it at a speed of 600 km per second.
But there's good news. With the way the universe is expanding, we'll never actually reach the Great Attractor, even though we're heading toward it at a speed of 600 km per second.
