A super-Earth planet that dips in and out of its star's habitable zone has been discovered just 19.7 light-years away.

Star mapping links us directly to the universe, requiring the careful observation and recording of celestial positions. This ...

The sun's distance from Earth changes throughout the year but it has nothing to do with the seasons ... body's orbit where it is nearest to the sun. Derived from the Greek words peri (around ...

This is the point on Earth's orbit around the sun when Earth is at its closest ... The fact that Earth is at perihelion has little to do with the seasons. The difference in solar radiation ...

For those born under the Snake sign, 2025 is your time to shine. Photo: StarGraphics If you’re born under the Snake sign, ...

Last week, the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) began the pilot drill for the Million Year Ice Core Project (MYIC), a ...

The best viewing for January's planetary parade is about 90 minutes after sunset, in as dark and clear a spot as you can find ...

After its close approach to the Earth, 2024 PT5 is slowly receding away in its new, more distant orbit. But surprisingly, the object’s orbit around the sun is similar to Earth’s, suggesting ...

An equinox is a phenomenon that only happens twice a year – once during the spring equinox and once during the autumn equinox ...

Perihelion is an annual astronomical event when Earth finds itself at the closest distance possible toward the Sun. Usually it falls between the dates of January 2 and 4 as Earth is around 147 ...

En route to land on the moon, a spacecraft snapped views of Earth eclipsing the sun ... days in Earth's orbit before embarking on a four-day journey to the moon, located around a quarter-million ...