You're not imaging it. The sun has been rising later in Illinois following the winter solstice. But the days aren't getting ...

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During winter in the United States, the Earth's Northern Hemisphere is tilted away from the sun. Less sunlight shines ...

Earth reaches its closest point to the sun in its 2026 orbit on Jan. 3. The sun will appear larger in the sky than on any ...

When we think about orbits, we usually picture the Earth zooming around the sun. But does the sun just sit there? Or is it on its own journey? I asked my friend Guy Worthey. He’s a space scientist at ...

NASA had a big year in 2018 with several bold new missions to study various features of our Solar System, and one of the most exciting was the launch of the Parker Solar Probe which will study the Sun ...

The Sun orbits the Milky Way's center in a roughly circular path. This orbit takes about 230 million years to complete. The Sun's orbit is tilted 60 degrees from the galaxy's plane. The Sun also moves ...