In the vastness of space we are a unique little green and blue marble, traveling around a hot star, within a solar system, within a galaxy, within a universe. We have such a unique journey. Our planet is located in a Goldilocks zone which is a zone around a star having temperatures and other conditions that can support life on planets. We are extremely lucky. While there are many other planets that exist in other Goldilocks zones of other far off distant solar systems and galaxies, we are still the only known place that has life.
So how fast is the Earth traveling?
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