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.

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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

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Transcending Ambient Chill Out Music CO.AG:    • Transcending ambient chill out music  
The Deep CO.AG:    • Ambient  Music  The Deep  

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International Centre For Radio Astronomy for ZOA demonstration: https://www.icrar.org/hiddengalaxies/
Graphs and Simulations of the Local Universe: https://vimeo.com/66641648
Laniakea Simulation: https://arxiv.org/abs/1409.0880
NASA Redshift Animations:    • Unraveling the Mysteries of Dark Ener...  

SOURCES OF INFORMATION:
How Fast is Earth Moving: https://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...
Universe Today Article: https://www.universetoday.com/113150/...
Scientific Study on the Laniakea Supercluster: https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/14...
Noma Cluster (Abell 3627): https://academic.oup.com/mnras/articl...
Centaurus and the Great Attractor: http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/sup...
1988 Lyndenn Paper Naming the Great Attractor: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/pdf/1988ApJ...
CIZA Discovery of Shapley: http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/info/press...
Clusters in the Zone of Avoidance [CIZA]: https://arxiv.org/pdf/astroph/030445...
Will the Great Attractor Destroy Us: https://bigthink.com/philipperry/wha...
CMB Dipole: https://telescoper.wordpress.com/2016...
Shapley Supercluster: https://www.eso.org/sci/publications/...
Shapley Attractor: http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/sup...
Discovery of the Vela Supercluster: https://arxiv.org/abs/1611.04615

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