Great Attractor (Noun)
Meaning
A massive grouping of galaxies in the direction of Centaurus and Hydra whose gravitational attraction is believed to cause deviations in the paths of other galaxies.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made).
Examples
- The Great Attractor is a region of space that is pulling our galaxy, the Milky Way, and many others towards it.
- Astronomers have been studying the Great Attractor for decades, trying to understand its composition and the nature of its gravitational pull.
- The Great Attractor is located about 250 million light-years away from us, in the direction of the constellations Centaurus and Hydra.
- The discovery of the Great Attractor has helped scientists to better understand the large-scale structure of the universe and the distribution of galaxies within it.
- Galaxies that are moving away from us due to the expansion of the universe are being slowed down by the gravitational pull of the Great Attractor.