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 ...

The next one will be January 3, 2026. At the aphelion, the distance from the Earth’s center to the Sun’s center is going to be 152,087,738 kilometers (94,502,939 miles).

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

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 ...

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 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 ...

The difference in distance is equivalent to 3.277 percent, which makes the sun appear 6.55 percent dimmer now than in January; A change of only one part in 30.

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 ...