The Great Attractor: A Truly Massive Mystery

There's something out there SO massive that it's pulling on every object within hundreds of millions of light years. But we can't see it! So what DO we know? Today on SciShow Space, Reid Reimers tells us more about the Great Attractor. ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/artist/52/SciShow Or help support us by subscribing to our page on Subbable: https://subbable.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Thanks Tank Tumblr: http://thankstank.tumblr.com Sources: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/forces/isq.html https://www.eso.org/sci/publications/messenger/archive/no.124-jun06/messenger-no124-30-31.pdf http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn8471-milky-way-feels-tug-of-largest-mass-in-the-universe.html#.U0aqfvmSzmc https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/~dfabricant/huchra/seminar/lsc/ http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/science/great-attractor.html http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/gclusters/attractor.html http://cow.physics.wisc.edu/~ogelman/guide/gr8a/ http://irfu.cea.fr/cosmography http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/superc/shapley.html http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/info/press-releases/kocevski-1-06/ https://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/Z/Zone+Of+Avoidance