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 ...

Zipping toward Earth at around 20,000 miles per hour, the asteroid is due to make its closest approach on Tuesday.

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

As the year gets underway, something important happens quietly in space while life on Earth carries on as usual. Our planet ...

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

Three NASA missions are set to launch on a single SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to study the Sun's influence. The primary mission, IMAP, will travel one million miles from Earth to study the heliosphere and ...

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Far from the bright glare of the Moon, a much smaller companion has been quietly keeping pace with Earth, looping around the ...

Earth's magnetosphere protects our planet from being constantly bombarded by solar wind that can disrupt satellites, GPS and other technology. To better understand the phenomenon, NASA plans to place ...

From changes in solar activity to shifts in climate and atmosphere, the study of Earth’s future often reveals as much about the present as it does about the distant end. Researchers using a NASA ...