When I look at a solar system drawing there are planets circling the sun and they look like they are in a straight line and level to each other. But is there a below and above? Like if we sent out a camera directly under earth (south pole) would there be planets, stars, etc below Earth?
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large-scale structures tend to form disks over time. the solar system forms a disk, so if you went straight “down” from the south pole then no, you wouldn’t encounter any of our solar system’s planets.
the solar system is not necessarily oriented in the same way as the galaxy (which is also a disk), so if you went “down” from Earth’s south pole you would eventually exit the solar system and encounter other stars
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