How Fast Are You Moving Through The Universe?

Even when you are sitting completely still, you are still moving extremely fast! Trace thought it would be fun to figure out just how fast we are all moving!

How Fast Are You Moving When You Are Sitting Still?
"When, after a long day of running around, you finally find the time to relax in your favorite armchair, nothing seems easier than just sitting still. But have you ever considered how fast you are really moving when it seems you are not moving at all?"

Good question - How fast are you moving through the universe right now?
"Chances are that you are sitting in a chair right now, so it seems like you are stationary."

Speed of the Milky Way in Space
"As we all know, a galaxy is a massive ensemble of hundreds of millions of stars."

How Fast Does Earth Move?
"As passengers on Earth we are all carried around the sun at a mean velocity of 66,600 mph."

How Fast Does the Earth Rotate?
"The ground feels firm and solid beneath your feet. Of course, the Earth is rotating, turning once on its axis every day."

How fast are you moving right now? - Tucker Hiatt

Milky Way Galaxy: Facts About Our Galactic Home
"The Milky Way galaxy is most significant to humans because it is home sweet home."

How Fast is the Universe Expanding?
"The expansion or contraction of the universe depends on its content and past history."

Speed of Universe's Expansion Measured Better Than Ever
"The most precise measurement ever made of the speed of the universe's expansion is in, thanks to NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, and it's a doozy."

What is the speed of the Solar System?
"Or, how fast is the Sun (Solar System) hurling towards the constellation Hercules?"

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[RoyDurett]

so the real answer is that since speed is relative and we have no ultimate universal point of reference we really don't know how fast we are going.

[FD]

I tried to tell the officer that speed is relative but he gave me a ticket anyway... :(

[Hooch]

I really enjoyed the way you put that we are all moving through space at the same time TOGETHER!! Much respect for that...

[RedTriangle]

you can't just add the velocities together. To find the sum of velocities you need to use vectors and trigonometry.

[Rubysh]

And this is why an time machine wouldn't work as expected, at least not without an teleport ability as well.

If the machine only changed your time variable but kept your current position relatively to the whole universe, going even an couple of seconds to the past would mean appearing either in space, or inside the earth...

[raoulortega]

I would love to see a video of a breakdown of how fast the world is moving from the perspective of insects or even micro organisms.

[awitchescraft]

"we are all on this super sonic journey jet together" ...

[Brono]

All those speeds don't just stack on top of each other. Because all of those speeds are not in the same direction.The spin of the earth and the orbit of our solar system might be going in a different direction than that of the Galaxy, so there speeds might be actually making us slower by going agaisnt the galaxy

[mannyb]

It makes me feel awesome that we are moving through this universe so fast.

[urIIez]

Omg no wonder I'm always tired 😣
I'm moving too much

[chrislloyd]

Have you made the video about the entire universe being on the mov yet? That sounds hella interesting!

[cmtoday]

This made me feel powerful and amazed.

Wait. Why did he add up the speeds? If I am on a point on earth which is travelling in the opposite direction to the earth moving around the sun. Wouldn't they cancel each other?

[AlgaeEater]

If time slows down the faster you go.. Then do people on the equator age slower than someone near the poles?

[WylliamJudd]

Questions
1. What percentage of the speed of light is that?
2. How much time dilation do we experience as a result of this motion compared to an object outside the gravitational reach of...everything?

[danmax]

My best friend of almost 50 years now did the math before even watching this video, & he came up with the same numbers that are in this video! I find this to be absolutely fascinating, knowing that we are constantly moving at such a great distance at such a great speed, that we don't even feel it. That is absolutely amazing 😳

[vitalcurse]

shouldnt we be talking more about velocity than speed, i mean just because all these things are moving doesnt mean that they are moving in the same direction. just like how running on a treadmill leaves you stationary even though you have a forwards velocity. so this would only be true if all the velocities were in the same direction which in fact, they are most defiantly not.

[jamesfarrell]

Excellent video.
I really enjoyed your video.
Thanks for all of the great work that you do everyday.

[loyseugene]

This is something I have often talked about with other science minded friends. Another angle of view is that there is no such thing as "speed" without two reference points. Reference point A is the object whose speed you want to calculate and reference point B is whatever you are going to use as a comparative. As you pointed out when you are sitting "still" you are only "still" in comparison to other objects moving at the same speed. When you swing a ball on the end of a string around and around, the farther you travel outward along the string the faster the speed in comparison to the hand swinging the ball. But that is only in comparison to those two reference points. Imagine a photon of light traveling (naturally you might assume) at the speed of light. But it is only traveling at the speed of light in comparison to what you are measuring it against, the second reference point. So, if you could imagine that you ARE a photon of light then you would not feel like you were moving at all and every other photon of light around you going in the same direction would seem to be still as well while the rest of the universe would appear to be travelling at the speed of light. Perhaps if you were a photon of light you would use the phrase the "speed of matter", as all the matter in the universe would seem to be zipping along while you were sitting still.  

[kenlee]

YES! Very cool! I REALLY want to see a 3-d of this!
The inverse also ... How would you leave a beacon, "stopped" relative to as many motions as we can detect? Which direction would that be in?