Thank you for bringing this to our attention. The 144 miles per second referred to the orbital speed of our solar system around the center of the Milky Way Galaxy, which in the final version of the article wasn’t discussed until further down. We’ve revised the text to make things clearer.
Hi, Jami,
Thank you for bringing this to our attention. The 144 miles per second referred to the orbital speed of our solar system around the center of the Milky Way Galaxy, which in the final version of the article wasn’t discussed until further down. We’ve revised the text to make things clearer.