r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/StemCellPirate • 13h ago

Video Earth’s evolution measured in galactic years.

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u/sjayvee 12h ago

I feel so stupid.. the sun has an orbit?!

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u/sussydestroyer 12h ago

Everything in the universe orbits something bigger than itself

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u/Truestorydreams 12h ago

So that means the sun is orbiting around the centre of the milky way?

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u/sussydestroyer 11h ago

Yes, and the milky way also orbits around other clusters of galaxies and their center of mass/gravity.

This is how galaxies merge.