Is the Moon’s slow retreat from Earth a cosmic time bomb in our planet’s relationship or an entry to the precision of modern ...

The delta breeze has been strong and cool air has poured through and over the mountains, providing the Central Valley with a ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and the Gemini Observatory, European ...

A team of researchers studied seven months of depression scores and body temperature readings from more than 20,000 ...

July 22 is one of the shortest days in history due to Earth spinning faster. The shortest day in history is coming up next month.

Scientists predicted that Tuesday will be a fraction of a second shorter than normal as the Earth's rotation is moving faster ...

Using the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has detected a new exoplanet ...

Planet Nine should appear stationary over the course of a single day but show detectable movement over months.

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 will have to think again.

Our planet whirls around the sun in an ellipse, rather than a circle. On Thursday the planet reached its farthest point from its star, known as aphelion.

The James Webb telescope has made another stunning discovery -- this time of a massive planet that could potentially sustain ...

Although the Earth’s distance from the Sun does not affect the seasons, aphelion does influence the length of summer in the Northern Hemisphere.