The whole Solar System orbits the galactic core, the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, and our solar system takes about 225-250 million Earth years to revolve once around the galaxy’s center which is known as galactic year. ⠀⠀ #solarsystem #universe #milkyway #milkywaygalaxy | The Galactic Void

177K views · 5.2K reactions | How NASA took advantage of a rare planetary alignment! #nasa #space #voyager #solarsystem #astronomy | The Secrets Of The Universe | Facebook

✨ A once-in-a-lifetime alignment caught in a single perfect second. 🌕 A brilliant meteor blazes across the night sky above Stonehenge, slicing through the darkness just as Jupiter and Venus shine in a rare, radiant pairing. A cosmic moment so precise, so fleeting, it feels almost mythical a whisper of the universe captured at exactly the right heartbeat in time. #astronomy #space #moon #stars #universe #nightphotography #nasa #astrophotography #milkyway #science #cosmos #stargazing #EchoesOfThe

178K views · 5.2K reactions | The whole Solar System orbits the galactic core, the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* at the center of Milky way galaxy and our solar system takes about 225-250 million Earth years to revolve once around the galaxy's center which is known as a galactic year. The sun is approximately 20.5 galactic years old. | Free AstroScience | Facebook

It’s the Milky Way like you’ve never seen it before. Hailed as a milestone, Australian astronomers have released a spectacular new image of the galaxy home to our solar system. The photograph, showing the expansive galactic plane, took 18 months to construct and is the largest low-frequency radio colour image of the Milky Way. #10news #space #milkyway #galaxy #stars | 10 News