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 ...

A new study published in The Innovation highlights the launch of Haishao-1 (HS-1), China's first low-inclination orbit ...

How long does it take Pluto to orbit the sun? Learn more about how this planet makes one lap around our Solar System.

The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter captured the first-ever images of the sun's south pole in March, which were ...

"We didn't know what exactly to expect from these first observations – the sun's poles are literally terra incognita,” Sami ...

For the first time in history, we re seeing the Sun from an angle no one ever has: from above and below its poles. Thanks to ...

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) – If you have thought that the Earth is close to the sun in the summertime and that is why it is ...

We see some of our hottest temps when Earth is furthest from the Sun (aphelion) and coolest at the closest to the Sun ...

Different layers of the Sun rotate at different speeds. Just beneath its surface is a 35,000 km layer called the near-surface shear layer (NSSL), where the rotation rates change rapidly with depth.

Discover interesting facts about the sun, the solar system's central star that supports all life on Earth.

Because Earth moves in an elliptical orbit around the sun, being further away means it travels slower along its orbit. This ...

The Solar Orbiter spacecraft, a joint mission between the European Space Agency and NASA, is the first to venture into a ...