Hang On to Your Ball Cap—You’re Moving Faster Than a Greased Armadillo in a Jetpack

You might think you’re just sitting on the couch in your stretchy pants eating trail mix… but in reality, you’re blazing through space like a cosmic NASCAR driver who took a wrong turn at Jupiter. Buckle up—Earth’s not just spinning, it’s hauling tail through the universe

 

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#1. Roughly how fast is the Earth moving through the universe when accounting for rotation, orbit around the sun, and the galaxy’s own movement?

1,000 miles per hour

1,300,000 miles per hour

67,000 miles per hour

514,000 miles per hour

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