Orbits of galaxies in the Local Supercluster. Our home Milky Way galaxy (MW, yellow) and our companion Andromeda galaxy (M31, red) are participating in a downward flow away from a vast underdense ...
The Sun orbits the Milky Way's center in a roughly circular path. This orbit takes about 230 million years to complete. The Sun's orbit is tilted 60 degrees from the galaxy's plane. The Sun also moves ...