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 ...

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The Moon exerts a constant physical influence on Earth through gravity, light, and orbital interaction. Its mass shapes ocean ...

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The Earth’s orbit around the Sun is slightly elliptical, causing our planet’s distance from the Sun to change throughout the ...

As the year gets underway, something important happens quietly in space while life on Earth carries on as usual. Our planet ...

Many tipping elements are now well-known: the Amazon rainforest, the Greenland Ice Sheet, the Atlantic Meridional Overturning ...

It may be surprising to many that the Earth is closest to the Sun in January, while at the same time, much of the Northern ...

The Winter Solstice happens because of the Earth’s axial tilt of about 23.5 degrees. During the winter solstice, the Northern Hemisphere is tilted farthest away from the Sun, causing sunlight to ...

Every planet in the solar system leans, some gently, some dramatically, and that tilt quietly shapes everything from our ...

The combination of the elliptical orbit, affecting the speed of the planet, and the axial tilt, causing the length of ...

After winning the President's Trophy, the Jets are on the opposite end of things in 2025-26 -- as reflected in CP's latest ...