Earth’s orbit around the Sun isn’t a perfect circle—it’s slightly elliptical. Each year, around July 2 or 3, Earth reaches its farthest point from the Sun, known as aphelion. Around January 2 or 3, ...

Most places on Earth have seasons because our planet is on a tilt as it orbits the sun. But our star also has its own version ...

Earth, sun, moon: three objects in space whose interactions have a pretty big impact on our lives. Earth orbits the sun once a year, and it rotates on its axis about once a day (depending on your ...

In an incredible breakthrough, a team of international astronomers have for the first time ever witnessed the birth of a planetary system beyond Earth's sun that could one day resemble our own. The ...

Meteorological spring starts on March 1 and is based on annual temperature cycles, while astronomical spring starts on March 20 and is based on the Earth's position relative to the sun. The spring ...

After the sun arrives at its solstice point, it will begin to migrate back toward the south and the amount of daylight in the Northern Hemisphere will begin to decrease. Summer will officially arrive ...

The planet’s rotation fluctuates as it travels around the sun, and measurements suggest we’re losing more than a millisecond during the long days of summer. By Jacey Fortin This article was updated ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. New research suggests that most of the solar system's inner rocky planets once orbited the sun in ...

On any given day, the Earth takes roughly 24 hours, or 86,400 seconds, to complete one rotation around the sun - however, since 2020, the planet has ever so slightly begun moving faster. The increased ...

Daniel Hernández Carrasco receives funding from a Doctoral Scholarship by the University of Canterbury. Jonathan Tonkin receives funding from a Rutherford Discovery Fellowship administered by the ...