Earth’s orbit around the Sun is not circular, but an ellipse. The perimeter of Earth’s orbit is roughly 584 million miles ...

It's commonly known that a day on Earth lasts for 24 hours, but the truth behind what determines the length of a day is actually a bit complicated.

Watch for one of the best meteor showers of the year, Mars at its brightest, a new "planet parade" in late January, plus a ...

On January 4, 2025, Earth will reach perihelion—its closest point to the Sun for the year—a perfect moment to reconnect with the warmth and light that sustain us, even in the depth of winter.

When the 'God of chaos' asteroid Apophis makes an ultraclose flyby of Earth in 2029, our planet's gravity may trigger tremors and landslides that totally change the asteroid's surface. When you ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are rapidly transforming space exploration and Earth-based applications, marking a new era of discovery. As Advanced Micro Devices (AMD ...

even though perihelion also happens to occur in January. (Aphelion—when Earth is farthest from the sun—occurs in July.) If you know a little bit more about astronomy, you might try to tag the ...

It sounds like something out of a science-fiction movie. For the past couple of weeks, Earth's orbit has been home to a "mini-moon" the size of a city bus. The celestial object is more than just a ...