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Great attractor has 2 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Proper Noun

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Noun
1

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

Proper Noun
1

An apparent gravitational anomaly in intergalactic space at the center of the local Laniakea Supercluster, in which the Milky Way is located. It suggests a localized concentration of mass thousands of times more massive than the Milky Way.

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galaxy
Rhyming Words
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