Imagining every drop of Earth’s water hurled into the Sun sounds like a last-ditch cosmic fire extinguisher, but the physics ...

Understanding how the Sun and its activity impact Earth and the solar system is important because solar storms affect the technology we use on Earth and in space. Now, a team of heliophysicists and ...

Earth’s distant future has always been framed as a slow fade billions of years from now, but a new generation of models is painting a sharper and more unsettling picture. Instead of a gentle decline, ...

Earth is closer to the sun at some times of year than at others, with the time of closest approach shifting over a period of 22,000 years. This affects Earth's climate, including ice ages, but a team ...

According to the science, Earth should actually be experiencing a cooling period right now. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In ...

Eclipses are a common phenomenon and throughout history have often been associated with ominous predictions. The number of solar eclipses on Earth (total, annular or partial) is about 5 per year.

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 ...