Since Kepler's laws of motion dictate that celestial bodies orbit more slowly when farther from the sun, we are now moving at ...

For centuries, humanity believed that Earth was the center of the universe, a view championed by Aristotle and Ptolemy. But ...

Earth’s orbit around the Sun isn’t a perfect circle—it’s slightly elliptical. Each year, around July 2 or 3, Earth reaches its farthest point from the Sun, known as aphelion.

While trivia nights aren’t really my thing, I like to think I know a little about a lot. And, throw a weather-related ...

Earth is the only place in the universe scientists known to have organics form of life inside. Now, another planet might be ...

In fact, the Earth is closer to the sun in winter than in summer: 90 million miles versus 96 million miles. But that really doesn't change things. It's not the distance to the sun, but its height in ...

The discovery was made by astronomers using the Subaru Telescope, which is situated atop a dormant volcano in Hawaii.

The lone planet confirmed to be in the system is squeezed in between the two, orbiting at a distance similar to Earth's distance from the Sun. And, as an added bonus, the planet is orbiting ...

NASA said the comet will make its closest approach to the sun in late October, scooting between the orbits of Mars and Earth — but closer to the red planet than us at a safe 150 million miles ...

NASA said the comet will make its closest approach to the sun in late October, scooting between the orbits of Mars and Earth — but closer to the red planet than us at a safe 150 million miles ...

The tilt, not the distance makes the difference. Indeed, it's probably no surprise that if you ask people in which month of the year they believe that the Earth is closest to the sun, most ...