Kolkata: This winter, stargazers in Kolkata are in for a celestial treat as Mars makes its closest approach to Earth and reaches opposition with the S.

At this time, the distance between the Earth and the Sun is about 147 million kilometers. On July 3, 2024, at aphelion (the point where the distance between the celestial body and the Sun is greatest) ...

At 7:28 this morning, the earth reached the point at which it is closest to the sun in its orbit, known as the perihelion.

Our planet has made its closest approach to the sun for the year. Despite this, temperatures around Australia on this date ...

There are several ancient monuments proving that our predecessors possessed knowledge of astronomy and used it for practical ...

Perihelion is when Earth is closest to the Sun, happening between January 2 and 4. In 2025, it will occur on January 4 at ...

When one of the poles points more toward the Sun than the other pole, that half of the planet gets more sunlight than the other half, and it’s summer in that hemisphere. When that pole tilts away from ...

The fact that Earth is at perihelion has little to do with the seasons. The difference in solar radiation received by our ...

Another factor in life on planet earth is travel speed. Our globe spins up to 1,000 mph if you live on the equator, orbits around the sun at 66,627 mph, travels around the galaxy at 448,000 mph while ...

Earth will reach its closest point to the Sun, known as Perihelion Day. This occurs every year in early January, and though ...

There is more space junk in Earth's orbit now than ever before. And this growing problem is creating an increasingly hazardous environment for operational spacecraft and satellites. Space junk ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This image made available by NASA shows an artist’s rendering of the Parker Solar Probe approaching the ...