When we see the Sun moving across the sky during the day it’s because the Earth is spinning, not the Sun. Let’s put a marker on Scotland. When this part of the Earth is facing the Sun it’s ...

The Red Planet will be at its closest point to Earth, also known as perigee, on Jan. 12 and will be exactly opposite the sun ...

Earth, our home planet, is a world unlike any other. The third planet from the sun, Earth is the only place in the known universe confirmed to host life. With a radius of 3,959 miles, Earth is the ...

Business Insider wanted to illustrate the scale of the Earth-moon distance, and all of the fascinating stuff in between, so we consulted dozens of sources to create the interactive graphic below.

Unable to view our graphics? Click here to ... borealis in North America This year, the Sun’s excess solar flares and winds wreak havoc on the Earth’s magnetic field. It has caused several ...

astronomers found a planet orbiting the nearest star to Earth in this system, called Proxima Centauri. Graphic representation of the relative distances between the nearest stars and the Sun.