We see some of our hottest temps when Earth is furthest from the Sun (aphelion) and coolest at the closest to the Sun ...

Because Earth moves in an elliptical orbit around the sun, being further away means it travels slower along its orbit. This ...

With such hot temperatures as these, it might be a surprise for you to hear that on Thursday, July 3 at 3:55 p.m. EDT (1955 ...

Earth Does Not Orbit Around the Sun But Around a 'Center of Mass,' Claim Researchers 'How planets revolve' is possibly one of ...

Summer in the Northern Hemisphere will be shorter this year than last year by about 15 minutes, according to Timeanddate.com.

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Summer is here, and Mercury goes retrograde from July 17 until August 11 — the retrograde begins after the full moon lunar ...

"If 2024 YR4 strikes the Moon in 2032, it will (statistically speaking) be the largest impact in approximately 5,000 years," ...

Our planet whirls around the sun in an ellipse, rather than a circle. ... How much the Earth’s orbit deviates from a perfect circle is measured by its eccentricity.

Muscat: The skies of the Sultanate of Oman will show a unique annual astronomical phenomenon tomorrow as the sun reaches ...

The remains of more than 160 deceased people reached orbit yesterday on a spacecraft that hitched a ride on a SpaceX rocket.

The summer solstice is a moment in space and time during the annual orbit when our tilted planet's Northern Hemisphere points ...