A new investigation into old Kepler data has revealed that a planetary system once thought to house zero planets actually has ...

You might have seen the claim online, and it’s at least partially right, but it's not the only other number of days Earth has had.

Since Kepler's laws of motion dictate that celestial bodies orbit more slowly when farther from the sun, we are now moving at ...

On Jan. 4, Earth received its maximum radiation from the sun, which was at its largest in the sky for 2025. The difference isn't huge — the sun today appears to be a mere arcminute (1/60th of a degree ...

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 ...