Earth is now closer to the sun than at any other time of the year. Here's why our planet's axial tilt, not proximity to the ...

But the days are indeed getting longer because, as you might guess, the sun has also been setting later. While it rose at ...

At 7:28 this morning, the earth reached the point at which it is closest to the sun in its orbit, known as the perihelion.

The winter solstice marks the beginning of winter and the shortest day of the year for the Northern Hemisphere. Here's a ...

The 2024 winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, happens on Saturday, Dec. 21, and is marked with traditions and ...

When one of the poles points more toward the Sun than the other pole, that half of the planet gets more sunlight than the other half, and it’s summer in that hemisphere. When that pole tilts away from ...

The fact that Earth is at perihelion has little to do with the seasons. The difference in solar radiation received by our ...

Here is a weird fact you can throw out at the Christmas dinner table: The Earth is actually closer to the sun during the winter solstice than during the summer. The Earth reaches perihelion (its ...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe could solve the mysteries of the solar wind and test Einstein’s theory of relativity.

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe skimmed the sun on Christmas Eve and lived to tell the tale. The heat-hardened spacecraft made its closest solar flyby yet at 6:53 a.m. EST on December 24. It came within 6.1 ...

Nasa said: “Following its record-breaking closest approach to the sun, Nasa’s Parker Solar Probe has transmitted a beacon tone back to Earth indicating it’s in good health and operating ...