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> Expansion of our local group of galaxies is coincidence. We are falling into Big Attractor, which falls into Shapley attractor, so our local group of galaxies
by brabel 3y ago
> Expansion of our local group of galaxies is coincidence. We are falling into Big Attractor, which falls into Shapley attractor, so our local group of galaxies is stretched.
Wow that's some really shady stuff... you're talking about the actual Local Group, part of the Virgo Cluster? Do you know that the Local Group is not actually expanding?? It's predicted it'll stick together in the far future, while other parts of the visible Universe shift away from us. It's even been calculated that the Virgo Supercluster's enormous gravity slows down recession of the Local Group from the cluster by approximately ten percent[1].
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgo_Cluster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgo_Cluster
- oneshtein 3y agoNo, it's not about Local Group. It's about Local Supercluster, Perseus–Pisces Supercluster, and so on, which are attracted by Shapley attractor, but stretched into different directions.