Earth will reach perihelion at 09:00 Universal Time on Saturday, January 4, 2025, the closest point to the sun in its annual, slightly elliptical orbit. The word comes from the Greek words peri (near) ...

Winter often feels like a long stretch of weak light and cold air. The idea that Earth is actually closest to the Sun during ...

Here's how the astronomical phenomenon influences our planet—from the length of our seasons to the way Earth moves through ...

While the Milankovitch Cycles operate on timescales far longer than human lifespans, their effects are always at play.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. On July 5, our planet reaches its farthest point from the ...

In the lead-up to the 2023/24 summer period in the Southern Hemisphere, climate scientists are issuing dire warnings of the consequences for the earth of the growing climate crisis. This comes in the ...

The Earth became darker from 2001 to 2024, meaning it reflects less sunlight, a research team reports in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The development is more pronounced ...

Matthias Dehling receives funding from the Australian Research Council. The snow petrel, a strikingly white bird with black eyes and a black bill, is one of only three bird species ever observed at ...

Temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere might be high, but on July 6, our planet will be at its farthest point from the sun this year. It's an annual occasion called aphelion, a term that comes from ...