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

The three planets are much farther away from their sun than Earth is from ours, he said - one is about 24 times more distant; another is 37 times farther away, and the outermost one is 67 times ...

The distance to Mars from Earth is not that simple. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The distance to Mars from Earth varies ...

It is a little bigger and somewhat colder, but a planet circling a star 500 light-years away is otherwise the closest match of our home world yet discovered, astronomers announced yesterday.

The distance between Gliese 12 b and its red dwarf star is just 7% of the distance between Earth and the sun, meaning it receives 1.6 times more energy from its star than Earth does from the sun ...

What is the likelihood that this new planet has life on it? How did the scientists find it in the first place? Sci-fi fans, a planet similar to Earth may be closer than we could have ever imagined ...

The distance at apogee is so great, the solar system's seven other planets (Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune) could fit between Earth and the moon, astronomer Phil Plait ...