The celestial body's unusual orbit “implies that something extraordinary occurred" in the early days of the solar system—and ...

Learn more about a sednoid called Ammonite that has been detected in the outer reaches of the Solar System.

According to study co-author Dr Fumi Yoshida, Neptune is the only known massive object near the outer Solar System that could ...

Astronomers have discovered a "fossil" world lying in the outskirts of the solar system, according to new research.

Perihelion also marks the moment when the Earth is moving at its fastest in its orbit around the sun. The planet is currently racing around the sun at almost 19 miles per second — about .6 ...

Perihelion always occurs in early January, but it is not on one specific date as the Julian calendar does line up exactly with Earth’s orbit (why we have leap days every four years).

At 04:37 UTC today (11:37 p.m. Eastern US time last night), the Earth reached perihelion, the point in its orbit when it’s closest to the Sun for the year. At that time, the center of the Earth ...

Saturday at 22:49 UTC (17:49 Eastern U.S. time), the Earth will be at perihelion, the point in its orbit where it’s closest to the Sun. At that moment the center of the Earth will be 147,100,176 ...

THE type of resistance suggested by Sir Oliver Lodge (NATURE, April 18, p. 125) is very difficult to visualise. The motion of a planet consists practically of a steady motion in a circle, with a ...

It is estimated that in the year 6430, the Perihelion will coincide with the March equinox, which tends to happen on March 19, 20 or 21 each year. This year, for instance, it will be at 17:24 EDT ...

C/2022 E3 ZTF will reach perihelion, or its closest distance to the sun, on Jan. 12. If it continues to brighten as much as it has during observations so far, ...

At 11:17 a.m. Wednesday morning, the earth was officially at its closest distance to the sun of the year, known as the perihelion.That distance is 91.4 million miles away. No, this is not ...