ITT: We discuss our impending doom as we are sucked into a black hole

[TheTrisagion]

The Milky Way and hundreds of galaxies surrounding it are being drawn toward a mysterious force scientists call the "Great Attractor".

And it took the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation's (CSIRO) Parkes telescope to see them.

The force was first revealed back in the 1970s, when it was discovered that the Milky Way was one of hundreds of galaxies deviating from the "universe is expanding" model.

But a new receiver on the radio telescope has enabled the team to see more clearly through the fog of stars and dust crowding the outer plane of the Milky Way, where they found 883 galaxies. It's so crowded out there that it's even got a name: the "Zone of Avoidance".

A third of the galaxies had never been seen before, according to a study published on Tuesday in Astronomical Journal, and their discovery has made the trail toward the Great Attractor a little clearer.

"The Milky Way is very beautiful, of course, and it's very interesting to study our own galaxy, but it completely blocks out the view of the more distant galaxies behind it," Professor Lister Staveley-Smith, from The University of Western Australia, said.

In particular, the discovery of three galaxy concentrations — NW1, NW2, and NW3 — and two new clusters, CW1 and CW2, will help astronomers understand what the Great Attractor is and why it's pulling us toward it at an estimated 2 million kilometres per hour.

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-milky-way-is-being-sucked-in-by-the-great-attractor-2016-2

 

[Alpo]

Ia! Ia! Cthulhu fhtagn!

 

[Papist]

 

[ZealousZeal]

In before someone else makes a joke about being "the Great Attractor"!

 

[Volnutt]

It's not a joke, the Great Attractor really is dangerous!

 

[TheTrisagion]

In before someone else makes a joke about being "the Great Attractor"!

Everyone knows that barley girl is the Great Attractor.

 

[ZealousZeal]

In before someone else makes a joke about being "the Great Attractor"!

Everyone knows that barley girl is the Great Attractor.

Bringing beer goggles to all and sundry.

 

[Sam G]

In before someone else makes a joke about being "the Great Attractor"!

I didn't know Mor Ephrem was in space.

 

[ZealousZeal]

In before someone else makes a joke about being "the Great Attractor"!

I didn't know Mor Ephrem was in space.

Blink twice if he's kidnapped you and you need help.

 

[Mor Ephrem]

In before someone else makes a joke about being "the Great Attractor"!

I didn't know Mor Ephrem was in space.

Bless you.  I was about to make such a comment, but I decided to be humble and x'd out of the page...it's encouraging to know I can be humble and outsource my arrogance to others. 

 

[TheTrisagion]

In before someone else makes a joke about being "the Great Attractor"!

I didn't know Mor Ephrem was in space.

Bless you.  I was about to make such a comment, but I decided to be humble and x'd out of the page...it's encouraging to know I can be humble and outsource my arrogance to others.

Lent really does hit you hard, doesn't it? 

 

[Sam G]

In before someone else makes a joke about being "the Great Attractor"!

I didn't know Mor Ephrem was in space.

Blink twice if he's kidnapped you and you need help.

How would that work over the internet?

 

[Sam G]

In before someone else makes a joke about being "the Great Attractor"!

I didn't know Mor Ephrem was in space.

Bless you.  I was about to make such a comment, but I decided to be humble and x'd out of the page...it's encouraging to know I can be humble and outsource my arrogance to others.

Anytime.

 

[TheTrisagion]

 

[ZealousZeal]

In before someone else makes a joke about being "the Great Attractor"!

I didn't know Mor Ephrem was in space.

Blink twice if he's kidnapped you and you need help.

How would that work over the internet?

Don't be silly. You don't need the Internet to blink.

 

[TheTrisagion]

*googles how to blink*

 

[Iconodule]

All things move toward their end.

 

[kelly]

I feel a sense of impending doom daily

 

[Rhinosaur]

 

[minasoliman]

I find this past thread relevant:

http://www.orthodoxchristianity.net/forum/index.php/topic,60685.0.html

 

[Luke]

The Milky Way and hundreds of galaxies surrounding it are being drawn toward a mysterious force scientists call the "Great Attractor".

And it took the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation's (CSIRO) Parkes telescope to see them.

The force was first revealed back in the 1970s, when it was discovered that the Milky Way was one of hundreds of galaxies deviating from the "universe is expanding" model.

No it wasn't. It was first revealed in the new Star Wars movie that came out that year. olice:

 

[NicholasMyra]

Here is where the scholastics add, "...and this we call God."