The Local Group falls toward the Virgo Cluster of Galaxies . But these speeds are less than the speed that all of these objects together move relative to the microwave background . In the above all-sky map, radiation in the Earth's direction of motion appears blueshifted and hence hotter, while radiation on the opposite side of the sky is redshifted and colder. The map indicates that the Local Group moves at about 600 kilometers per second relative to this primordial radiation . This high speed was initially unexpected and its magnitude is still unexplained.
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