The Dark Flow
The dark flow is a velocity tendency of galaxies to move in the direction that was formerly thought to be caused by the Great Attractor, but are now theorized to be outside the observable universe. These findings were published in 2008 and are still disputed.
Read more about this topic: The Great Attractor
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