The rare 3I/ATLAS alignment on Jan. 22 coincides with the 'opposition surge' phenomenon. Learn the mystery of this 13-billion ...

Meanwhile, on its way out of the solar system, on March 16, 2026, 3I/ATLAS will encounter one of the farthest of Jupiter’s ...

The Earth sits comfortably in its orbit tilted on its axis at 23 degrees. Knock the planet over and... It wouldn’t be the ...

Planet Earth is spinning a little faster today — resulting in one of the shortest days of the year. But the change will be so minuscule you won’t even notice. We’re talking even less time than the ...

Earth tilted, but it had nothing to do with weird space phenomena and everything to do with how people are pumping groundwater and shipping it across the planet, a study found. The findings of a study ...

Earth’s Rotation Day 2026, observed on January 8, highlights how Earth’s constant rotation shapes day and night, climate, weather, and life itself, celebrating science, discovery, and human curiosity.

Earth's orbit is an ellipse, not a perfect circle. Earth's distance from the Sun varies by about 3 million miles throughout the year. Earth's orbit's semimajor axis is approximately 93 million miles.

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