A technique called interferometry can greatly magnify tiny objects on the sky, and is powerful enough to reveal the surfaces ...

(WKBN) – 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 will have to think again. While that may sound like common sense, ...

How big it is: 865,000 miles (1.392 million kilometers) across How far away it is: 93 million miles (150 million km) What type of star it is: A yellow dwarf star The sun is the star at the center of ...

Earth's orbit is an ellipse, not a perfect circle. Earth's distance from the Sun varies by about 3 million miles throughout the year. Earth's orbit's semimajor axis is approximately 93 million miles.

Happy Aphelion Day! Did you know that the Earth is the farthest away from the sun right now? This may seem strange because it’s actually the hottest time of the year. This little marvel is due to the ...

The sun is much more than a bright light in the sky. It's a giant ball of burning gas that holds our cosmic neighborhood together and without it, there would be no life on Earth. We are also ...

This event, known as aphelion, happens once per year typically around two weeks after the summer solstice in June. Although the Earth’s distance from the Sun does not affect the seasons, aphelion does ...