Discover why Earth's farthest distance from the sun coincides with summer heat, then grab your binoculars for a week of ...

Summer is here, and Mercury goes retrograde from July 17 until August 11 — the retrograde begins after the full moon lunar ...

EARTH is set to have three unexpectedly shorter than average days in the coming weeks – and it’s taken scientists by surprise ...

Astronomers on Wednesday confirmed the discovery of an interstellar object racing through our Solar System -- only the third ...

Mercury moves super fast around the Sun, finishing its year in just 88 Earth days. The planet has crazy temperature swings, ...

The sun rises from the east, and sets in the west - this is a well-established fact for the longest time, and this is due to ...

Before looking for Mercury, there is a simple rule. Never point binoculars or telescopes towards the Sun. It is best to wait for the Sun to have set. This will give you more than an hour to spot ...

A day on Saturn lasts about 10.7 hours due to its rapid rotation. It has over 140 known moons and moonlets, including Titan, which is larger than Mercury. Saturn is mostly made of hydrogen and helium, ...

Mercury’s resonant rotation from secular orbital elements Alexander Stark Jürgen Oberst Hauke Hussmann Fast spin of the young extrasolar planet β Pictoris b Ignas A. G. Snellen Bernhard R. Brandl ...

Mercury zips around the Sun at about 47.87 km/s, making it the fastest moving planet in the solar system. Venus travels at approximately 35.02 km/s, combining a swift orbit with a slow, retrograde ...

This is due to the speed of Earth’s rotation and the planet’s distance from us. While the Earth is not the center of our solar system, it is our center of perspective.