Planet Earth will hit its greatest distance from the Sun on July 6 at 17:30 UTC (12:30 PM CDT). It occurs annually and is called aphelion, a term that originated from two Greek words, apo meaning ...

If the Earth had an edge, I hope it would look like this. The edge of a flat Earth. I know, I know, we’ve talked about it before. But there’s something mesmerizing about it. A flat Earth solar eclipse ...

Earth is millions of miles farther from the Sun in July than it is in January. So why doesn’t summer suddenly feel cooler?

Earth receives about 7 percent less light during aphelion than during its closest approach to our star, yet the average global temperature is actually slightly higher.

Earth is not sitting still — it is moving around the Sun at about 67,000 mph, held in balance by gravity and speed. Too fast, and the planet would escape into space; too slow, and it would spiral ...

Did you miss the last planetary parade in June? The next planetary alignment is this weekend. Here's when to watch it ...

On August 12, 2026, lucky viewers in and around Greenland, Iceland and Spain—weather allowing—will be able to see one of ...

The moon has been bathed in solar wind for billions of years, but the two hemispheres are struck by solar wind of different ...

Have you ever looked into the stars in the night sky and asked yourself questions like “What else is out there?” The universe or our solar system consists of eight planets that go round a very big and ...

In about five billion years, the Sun will reach the end of its life and grow to hundreds of times its current size. The star’s looming death will dramatically reshape the inner solar system, engulfing ...

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Earth may survive the fiery death of the sun, even as our star engulfs the innermost planets, a new study using state-of-the-art models suggests. Now, in a Letter to the Editor published June 19 in ...