Right now, we're zooming through space at incredible speeds, so why aren't we dizzy or flying off into space?  An expert ...

THAT’s NO MOON - Earth doesn’t just have one moon; sometimes, it has a companion satellite or “mini-moon.” Discovered on ...

This past Sunday at 2 a.m., our clocks were changed back to standard time. This hour change sometimes throws me for a loop and takes me a while to become accustomed to. Have you ever wondered if the ...

Tel Aviv University: Sunspots, which rotate around the sun’s surface, tell us a great deal about our own planet. Scientists rely on them, for instance, to measure the sun’s rotation or to prepare long ...

A planet's year length depends on its distance from the Sun. Planets closer to the Sun have shorter years. A planet's rotation speed is unrelated to its year length. Planets' orbital speeds vary ...

Four misconceptions about the sun's ascension. June 21, 2011— -- From Chalchuapa, El Salvador, to Stonehenge in England, people are honoring the summer solstice today as the sun ascends to the ...

The seasons are changing around the world, an event marked by the December solstice, which, for the United States, brings the shortest day and the longest night of the entire year. The seasons are the ...

The object, the latest “quasi-moon” detected by astronomers, could be with us for almost another 60 years. By Robin George Andrews The Earth stands alone in the solar system as a habitable world, as ...

Explore 7 mysterious and interesting facts about the Moon, including its origin, water presence, orbit, size, and potential ...

Sunspot activity increases on November 1, 2025, as new regions emerge on the Sun. Solar flares, coronal mass ejections, and ...

A Dec. 28, 2023, Facebook post (direct link, archive link) claims humanity's basic understanding of the solar system is flawed. "They say the sun is 400 times larger than the moon and that it only ...