Earth, sun, moon: three objects in space whose interactions have a pretty big impact on our lives. Earth orbits the sun once ...

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

"The configuration that we end up with within the solar system is definitely not something that is indeed common," Chen told ...

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The sun’s magnetic activity causes auroras, and the relationship between solar flares and auroras reveals an 11-year cycle; ...

A large planet has been spotted orbiting a dwarf star that is just 3 million years old, offering possible clues to how the ...

An asteroid the size of Manhattan’s Empire State Building will safely pass on April 13, 2029, in a once every 5,000 to 10,000 ...

New research reports the most powerful cosmic rays ever detected. Because the rays lose energy as they travel through space, ...

Taking into account a phenomenon first identified by Sir Isaac Newton and later confirmed by Albert Einstein, researchers ...

Unlike Earth's moon, which orbits every 27.3 days, 2024 PT5 won't complete a full orbit, behaving more like a "window shopper ...

A school-bus-sized asteroid will pass by Earth this Wednesday, November 13, 2024, coming closer than the moon.