We were taught that Earth orbits the Sun in a closed circle. In reality, Earth has never returned to the same point in space once in 4.5 billion years.
Right now, the Sun is carrying Earth and every planet around the center of the Milky Way at 230 km/s (828,000 km/h), more than 18,000 kilometers every 80 seconds.
Because the Solar System is tilted 60.2° to the galactic plane and bobs up and down through the galactic disc roughly every 30 million years, the planets trace open 3D corkscrew helices across deep space rather than flat loops.
The last time the Sun stood where it stands today, one Galactic Year (230 million years) ago, the very first dinosaurs were only beginning to appear on Earth. Since forming 4.6 billion years ago, our Sun has completed only 20 laps.
This is Greg. He’s from #Cleveland. Today he made a 3.5-hour drive to #Buffalo for an act of kindness. He brought a donation of 417 lbs. of food to FeedMore WNY. Our thanks go out to him and everyone here who is coming together to show love is greater than hate. #MoreFoodMoreGood
The Books & Melodies bookstore where scenes were shot for this movie is in Syracuse, NY on James Street. Super pumped to see this as it’s a bookstore I’ve spent many hours in and purchased a great many of my own books from!
For all your Rebecca Hall needs, THE NIGHT HOUSE is streaming on HBO Max starting today. One of last year's most intense, sonically unnerving horror movies.
@scottderrickson For real. The deepest root in America as we know it is the Christian tie to Europe. D.H. Lawrence's analysis/critique of America in "Studies in Classic American Literature" (1923) is eerily relevant. Highly recommend. Choose your master wisely.