Researchers spot hundreds of galaxies hidden behind Milky Way

Australia’s Parkes radio telescope looked through the dust and gas of our Milky Way galaxy to observe 883 galaxies, “a third of which had never been seen before,” according to the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR). The combined mass of these previously unknown ‘star cities’ informs scientists’ understanding of The Great Attractor gravity anomaly, which pulls our region of space towards it. — Full Story: http://goo.gl/PhYjy8