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"Nobody Expected This": Earth's Rotation Will Speed Up Tomorrow, Bucking The Downward Trend
The Earth is predicted to increase its rotation speed in July and August, once again bucking the trend of a slower rotation over time. Tomorrow on July 9, the first of three especially short days, it ...
It’s summer but the Earth is extra far from the sun; Here’s what that means
Because Earth moves in an elliptical orbit around the sun, being further away means it travels slower along its orbit. This ...
Earth at aphelion: why its hot when we are furthest from the Sun
We see some of our hottest temps when Earth is furthest from the Sun (aphelion) and coolest at the closest to the Sun ...
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Earth Just Reached Its Greatest Distance From the Sun
“Earth’s orbit is fairly circular,” said Larry Wasserman, an astronomer at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, ... At aphelion, Earth’s distance from the sun is about 94.5 million miles.