At the aphelion, the distance from the Earth’s center to the Sun’s center is going to be 152,087,738 kilometers (94,502,939 ...

We Earthlings see the sun every day of our lives—but gaining a truly new view of our star is a rare and precious thing. So count your lucky stars: for the first time in history, scientists have ...

Never before seen pictures will help scientists learn how the Sun's activity changes from stormy to quiet periods ...

View from Earth: Seen from Earth, the moon gradually gets darker as our planet blocks more and more of the sun’s light, eventually blocking it entirely for a brief time.

The sun likes to remind us that Earth is merely one part of a joined system.It has ultraviolet rays that can burn our skin and eyes and even drive extinction.Its light can disappear altogether ...

Even though Venus moves between the Earth and sun every 19.5 months, it becomes visible after sunset and before sunrise only around every eight years, according to EarthSky. Typically, Venus ...

What is a solar eclipse? A total solar eclipse occurs when the moon comes in between the Earth and the sun, blocking its light from reaching Earth and leading to a minutes-long period of darkness ...

The first ever video and images of the Sun's south pole have been sent back to Earth by the European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter spacecraft. The new images will enable scientists to learn how the ...