
20. You’re Moving Through Space Incredibly Fast
The Earth is moving quickly and we mean VERY quickly. Currently, we’re moving through space at around 66,000 miles per hour around our sun. While this could be seen as incredibly fast, it has nothing on the speed of our solar system. It’s actually moving at a rate of 560,000 miles per hour.
This begs the question if we’re moving so fast here on Earth and our solar system is also moving so quick…how do we never feel this? The Earth has moved like this for a long time and our bodies have gotten used to it. Yet this movement is key for the solar system. We’re in a constant state of motion, so we do not feel our solar system’s speed through the universe. Mind-blowing facts about the Earth like this may us feel lucky to be alive!