How fast is Earth moving?

The planet Earth on April 17, 2019. The Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC), a NASA camera aboard NOAA’s DSCOVR spacecraft, returns daily images of Earth from a distance of nearly 1 million miles (1.6 million kilometers). This animation shows the entire rotation of the planet on that day.

It may feel like we're standing still, but Earth is moving through space at astonishing speeds. So, how fast is Earth moving around the sun? The answer might surprise you.

Early astronomers once believed Earth was the center of the universe, with the sun, moon, and planets orbiting around it. This geocentric model seemed to explain the movements of celestial objects, but certain observations — like planets occasionally moving backward in the sky — challenged this idea.