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

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

NASA has discovered the third known interstellar object to pass through our solar system, but the icy snowball object poses ...

Discover why Earth's farthest distance from the sun coincides with summer heat, then grab your binoculars for a week of ...

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 ...

Space enthusiasts are tracking Asteroid 2025 MM. It is airplane-sized. It will safely pass by Earth this week. The asteroid ...

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

This is opposite of perihelion, which is the point when any planet, comet, or asteroid (in this case, the Earth) is the closest to the sun. That point, at 91.4 million miles away, happens on ...

At aphelion, Earth’s distance from the sun is about 94.5 million miles. Six months later, at the start of January in the winter, Earth is at its closest point to the sun at 91.5 million miles.