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 ...

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

Summer in the Northern Hemisphere will be shorter this year than last year by about 15 minutes, according to Timeanddate.com.

We are currently just over 94 million miles away from the sun (94,506,364 mi). The key is that the Earth is tilted, and the ...

How the orbit of the Moon around the and the Earth around the sun, impact day length, months and seasons. Learn what a year is with this guide for KS3 physics students aged 11-14 from BBC Bitesize.

The summer solstice is a moment in space and time during the annual orbit when our tilted planet's Northern Hemisphere points ...

But if something made Earth’s orbit grow more eccentric, the consequences could be catastrophic. Seasons in the Southern Hemisphere would become too extreme — summers would be unbearably hot ...

Friday is the longest day of the year north of the equator, where the solstice marks the start of astronomical summer.

On the summer solstice, the Northern Hemisphere leans most directly toward the sun. That means more direct sunlight and the ...

The Earth’s four seasons are determined by the planet’s tilt relative to the sun. Based on its position in its orbit around the sun, the Earth’s Northern Hemisphere (where Texans live) can ...

The summer solstice is a moment in space and time during the annual orbit when our tilted planet’s Northern Hemisphere points the most toward the sun.