The Sun, Earth, and the entire solar system are also in motion, orbiting the center of the Milky Way at an unexpected speed

The Sun, Earth, and the entire solar system also are in motion, orbiting the center of the Milky Way at a blazing 140 miles a second.

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Even at this great speed, though, our planetary neighborhood still takes about 200 million years to make one complete orbit — a testament to the vast size of our home galaxy.

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