An animation showcases how the seasons change with Earth's orbit around the sun. Earth's axis tilt causes very specific weather patterns and daylight during the course of a year. Most places ...

P erihelion – or the Earth's closest approach to our host star – will take place on January 3, 2026. At this point, our ...

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

With its long days just itching to be spent by water doing nothing, summer really can be an enchanting season. As Jenny Han wrote in the young adult novel “The Summer I Turned Pretty”: “Everything ...

The most interesting thing in the sky for me last month was seeing the most intense hailstorm with the largest hail I have seen since moving to Durango over twenty-five years ago. I can assure you ...

Try this experiment — all you need is a ball, pen, candle, match, protractor and a small rock. Draw a line bisecting the ball, top to bottom. Light the candle. Turn off the light. Holding the ball ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Sunday, December 21, is the winter solstice. In the Northern Hemisphere, that means it’s the shortest ...

The Northern Hemisphere is tilting away from the sun and will reach the point of maximum tilt in the coming week meaning the ...

ATLANTA — Today is the official first day of astronomical summer or the summer solstice. The exact moment when the sun is at its highest point in the sky each year marks the solstice, which will take ...

Scientists have long debated what causes glacial/interglacial cycles, which have occurred most recently at intervals of about 100,000 years. A new study reported in the March 24 issue of Nature finds ...