On Friday morning, the Earth will reach aphelion, which means it will be at the farthest point in its orbit relative to the Sun. This is the only day of the year when our planet will be ...

At aphelion, the Earth is as far as 151 million kilometres from the Sun, about 4.8 million kilometres further than at ...

Earth will get a second moon for about two months this year when a small asteroid begins to orbit our planet. The asteroid was discovered in August and is set to become a mini-moon, revolving ...

NORTH TEXAS — Severe thunderstorms are occurring in the Texas Panhandle, even a few radar-indicated tornado warnings. It ...

The newly discovered asteroid, named 2024 PT5, will temporarily be captured by Earth’s gravity and orbit our world from September 29 to November 25, according to astronomers. Then, the space ...

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A long-sought invisible force wrapped around Earth has been detected more than half a century after it was first hypothesized. The field, dubbed the "polar wind," explains how Earth's atmosphere ...

The phenomenon of a Full Moon arises when our planet, Earth, is precisely sandwiched between the Sun and the Moon. This alignment ensures the entire side of the Moon that faces us gleams under ...

Sep. 24, 2024 — A mysterious type of iron-rich magma entombed within extinct volcanoes is likely abundant with rare earth elements and could offer a new way to source these in-demand metals ...

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Over Nearly Half a Billion Years, Earth's Global Temperature Has Changed Drastically, Driven by Carbon Dioxide Sep. 19, 2024 — A new study offers the most detailed glimpse yet into how Earth's ...