Despite Earth reaching its aphelion, the farthest point from the sun, the Northern Hemisphere is experiencing scorching heat.

A new study published in The Innovation highlights the launch of Haishao-1 (HS-1), China's first low-inclination orbit ...

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

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Earth isn’t standing as straight as it used to—something has actually made our planet tilt, and it’s not great news.

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Disaster looms over Earth The planet’s tilt has increased by about 80 centimeters in the last couple of decades, as per the study led by Ki-Weon Seo, a veteran geophysicist and associate ...

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

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 ...

New research suggests that modern conditions may trace back to Neanderthal skull traits we share with our extinct cousins.

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