During winter in the United States, the Earth's Northern Hemisphere is tilted away from the sun. Less sunlight shines ...

Earth reaches its closest point to the sun in its 2026 orbit on Jan. 3. The sun will appear larger in the sky than on any ...

Here's how the astronomical phenomenon influences our planet—from the length of our seasons to the way Earth moves through ...

When we think about orbits, we usually picture the Earth zooming around the sun. But does the sun just sit there? Or is it on its own journey? I asked my friend Guy Worthey. He’s a space scientist at ...

It may be surprising to many that the Earth is closest to the Sun in January, while at the same time, much of the Northern ...

NASA had a big year in 2018 with several bold new missions to study various features of our Solar System, and one of the most exciting was the launch of the Parker Solar Probe which will study the Sun ...

The Sun orbits the Milky Way's center in a roughly circular path. This orbit takes about 230 million years to complete. The Sun's orbit is tilted 60 degrees from the galaxy's plane. The Sun also moves ...

Satellites are being pushed out of their orbits by the sun as space weather is set to get even more intense over the next few years. The solar activity caused Earth's atmosphere to heat up, increasing ...

Astronomers have uncovered what appear to be 21 neutron stars in orbit around stars like our Sun. The discovery is surprising because it is not clear how a star that exploded winds up next to a star ...

Theoretically, there is room for thousands. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The solar system contains eight planets: Mercury, ...