Right now, Earth is about 3.1 million miles farther from the sun than it is in early January when it reaches perihelion, its ...

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 ...

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

If you have thought that the Earth is close to the sun in the summertime and that is why it is hotter this time of year, you ...

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 ...

We are currently just over 94 million miles away from the sun (94,506,364 mi). The key is that the Earth is tilted, and the ...

An "interstellar object" is speeding toward the inner solar system, where Earth is located, astronomers have confirmed.

A comet has entered the Solar System from interstellar space and will pass through the inner planets later this year, NASA ...

Earth’s tilt is what causes the seasons; in the summer, when our planet’s pole is tipped toward the sun, the days are longer, and the true sun’s daily path across the sky is higher. The opposite is ...