Our solar system is not static, it travels through space at about 62 MPH (100,000 KPH). Merav Opher and her research team from Virginia's George Mason University has found that our system has a "bullet like" shape because of the said movement.

Our system travels "within a bubble of solar wind" which is composed of charged particles from the sun. This is known as the Heliosphere. Opher has said that the solar system's magnetic field is inclined at a 60 degree angle relative to the plane of the Galaxy">Milky Way. Now, when this bubble meets with the Milky Way galaxy's magnetic field, our system takes on a "bullet shape" or as Opher puts it - a "streamlined shape."

She added that "The shape of the solar system, this bullet, is really shaped by what lies ahead of us—the interstellar magnetic field. The [prevailing] idea is that the environment just outside our solar system is patchy and turbulent." Now, you may wonder what causes this turbulence? Opher explained that "there are lots of stars exploding and dying outside our solar system."

This news shouldn't surprise a lot of our budding scientists out there since it's a given fact that objects tend to go into the most stable state. If our solar system is moving at a relatively constant speed, wouldn't it be logical to assume that it would take a streamlined form to help facilitate its movement?