When the moon is positioned farther from Earth's equator and closer to the poles, its pull on the planet becomes weaker. With ...

Right now, Earth is about 3.1 million miles farther from the sun than it is in early January when it reaches perihelion, its ...

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 ...

Scientists anticipate that Earth's rotation will quicken enough to create three shorter days between July and August, starting Wednesday, July 9.

Our planet whirls around the sun in an ellipse, ... Earth’s distance from the sun is about 94.5 million miles. ... hotter days of summer even though Earth is farther away.

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

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