Our Solar System Moving Through Space

The solar system moves through the galaxy with about a 60 angle between the galactic plane and the planetary orbital plane.

Our solar system moving through space. The sun appears to move up and down and in and out with respect to the. This bubble is moving through interstellar space as the sun orbits the center of the milky way galaxy. As our heliosphere plows through space it creates a bow wave like the wave formed by the bow of a ship. As earth rotates on its axis it orbits the sun which orbits the center of the milky way which itself is barreling through space.

The solar system moves through space in the same fashion as the elements of the solar system move throughout within the solar system. Much like all the planets in our solar system earth orbits the sun at a much speedier clip than its rotational speed. In order to keep us in our stable orbit where we are we need to move at right. Download voyager retro posters to print and share.

A simple animation by the former nasa scientist james o donoghue.