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Scientists tracked active solar region NOAA 13664 for 94 days, showing how persistent magnetic complexity drives flares and ...

Earth reaches its closest point to the sun in its 2026 orbit on Jan. 3. The sun will appear larger in the sky than on any ...

P erihelion – or the Earth's closest approach to our host star – will take place on January 3, 2026. At this point, our planet will be around 2.5 million kilometers ( 1.5 million miles) closer to the ...

Earth reached its closest point to the Sun on January 3, 2026, marking the annual perihelion. This coincided with the ...

Earth reaches its closest point to the Sun in early January, a phenomenon known as perihelion. Despite this proximity, the ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – While trivia nights aren’t really my thing, I like to think I know a little about a lot. And, throw a weather-related question into the mix, and I’m the one everyone puts the most ...

Fact-based stories from our cosmic neighbourhood, one star or constellation at a time. Name it, navigate it, know it.

Imagining every drop of Earth’s water hurled into the Sun sounds like a last-ditch cosmic fire extinguisher, but the physics ...

Every January, Earth reaches its closest point to the Sun, known as perihelion. Yet, it’s winter in the Northern Hemisphere.