For centuries, humanity believed that Earth was the center of the universe, a view championed by Aristotle and Ptolemy. But ...

A new sunspot emerging over the eastern limb of the sun is putting on an explosive show and it's heading our way.Sunspot ...

Scientists have released the closest images ever taken near the sun, captured by NASA’s Parker Solar Probe flying 3.8 million ...

International astronomers have for the first time witnessed the birth of a planetary system beyond Earth's sun that could one day resemble our own.

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

Earth, sun, moon: three objects in space whose interactions have a pretty big impact on our lives. Earth orbits the sun once a year, and it rotates on its axis about once a day (depending on your ...

At their closest, Earth and the sun are 91.4 million miles apart, according to the California Institute of Technology. At their farthest, they’re 94.5 million miles away from each other.

Learn how to make a scale model of the Sun and the Earth with this guide for KS3 physics students aged 11-14 from BBC Bitesize.

But these diagrams are rarely made to scale. In truth, the Moon does not form a spiral — Earth’s orbital speed around the Sun is much faster than the Moon’s motion around Earth.

After seeing Elon Musk send thousands upon thousands of satellites into low-Earth orbit, it’s only natural to wonder, why can’t we launch all our junk into space, too?

The claim: Photos appearing to show clouds behind the sun suggest it orbits the earth, isn't millions of miles away Earth orbits the sun, a star located more than 90 million miles away at the ...

A violent solar eruption on May 31 launched a coronal mass ejection (CME) hurtling toward Earth, triggering a rare G4-level geomagnetic storm alert. Captured in real-time by U.S. Naval Research ...