The Great Attractor

No matter where you are, you are always moving. The Earth orbits the sun, and the sun moves round the galaxy. But what is it that makes the galaxy move? That is going to be our topic today. Everything in our local galaxy supercluster, Laniakea, is being dragged towards a very high concentration of mass hidden behind the plane of our galaxy. It has all the ingredients for an epic space mystery, it is the Great Attractor. You can now support me on Patreon: Patrons get ad-free access to my videos, and also get early access sneak peaks! Alternatively, you can become a channel member through YouTube: All support is hugely appreciated and helps me in my full-time job of creating these videos! Do you use these videos to sleep or for night time watching? Check out the new sleeping space playlist, a collection of my most chilled out and ambient videos. Captions by Kino Sen: Join the official partner #SeaSquad Discord Server: Business Enquiries: @ Thumbnail made by Wimptastic: MUSIC (In order of appearance): YouTube Audio Library Tracks: - Stark Goes Dark - The Whole Other - Subharmonic Bliss - Loopop - Through and Through - Amulets - Zodiac Structures - NoMBe - Resolver - Amulets - The Annuaki Return - Jesse Gallagher - Amber - VYEN - The Light Within - The Westerlies Songs by (Check him out here: ) - Transcending Ambient Chill Out Music - : - The Deep - : FOOTAGE: The space scenes in this video were captured using SpaceEngine Pro, a virtual universe simulator: Get SpaceEngine on Steam: Stock footage provided by - International Centre For Radio Astronomy for ZOA demonstration: - Graphs and Simulations of the Local Universe: - Laniakea Simulation: - NASA Redshift Animations: SOURCES OF INFORMATION: - How Fast is Earth Moving: - Universe Today Article: - Scientific Study on the Laniakea Supercluster: - Noma Cluster (Abell 3627): - Centaurus and the Great Attractor: - 1988 Lyndenn Paper Naming the Great Attractor: - CIZA Discovery of Shapley: - Clusters in the Zone of Avoidance [CIZA]: - Will the Great Attractor Destroy Us: - CMB Dipole: - Shapley Supercluster: -Shapley Attractor: - Discovery of the Vela Supercluster: TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Introduction 2:13 Galaxies 4:04 Our Local Universe 6:56 The Laniakea Supercluster 9:00 The Great Attractor 10:03 The Zone of Avoidance 11:45 History of Great Attractor Observations 13:56 Surveying the Great Attractor Region 18:39 Dark Flow 20:27 The Dipole Repeller 22:16 CIZA Search 23:37 The Shapley Supercluster 26:03 The Vela Supercluster 27:30 Closing Statements