The Sun is orbiting the center of the Milky Way at roughly 220 km/s

Added: 2026-05-25

[00:00:00]You won't believe how the sun moves through the galaxy. Our sun isn't parked in space. It's orbiting the Milky Way center, carrying the whole solar system along for the ride. We're currently cruising through the galactic disc at around 220 km per second, and one full lap takes about [music] 225 to 230 million years. That's one galactic year.

[00:00:21]And it gets even wilder. The solar system doesn't move flat like a record.

[00:00:25]Our planetary plane is tilted relatively to the Milky Way.