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 ...

Even if Earth does survive, it won’t be pretty. The temperature of our planet will be about 1,300 degrees C, hot enough to ...

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 ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The International Space Station’s first visitors from India, Poland and Hungary headed back to ...

Alone among known planets, Earth has vast oceans on its surface and its landmasses are marked with lakes and extensive river drainage systems. Water is the biosphere's lifeblood, and without it, Earth ...

At aphelion, Earth’s distance from the sun is about 94.5 million miles. Six months later, at the start of January in the winter, Earth is at its closest point to the sun at 91.5 million miles.

X-class solar flares can cause radio blackouts across the sunlit side of the Earth, impacting mariners, aviators, and also triggering satellite navigation errors.

Comet or asteroid heading for the Sun is only the third time an interstellar object has been spotted inside our group of ...

Stars like the sun might erupt with extreme explosions about once per century. Skip to main content. Scientific American. The Universe Fridays. May 1, 2025. 4 min read. Could the Sun Fry Earth ...

The Sun The sun just spat out the strongest solar flares of 2025 — and more could be headed toward Earth The Sun A mysterious, 100-year solar cycle may have just restarted ...