Since Kepler's laws of motion dictate that celestial bodies orbit more slowly when farther from the sun, we are now moving at ...

Earth is now closer to the sun than at any other time of the year. Here's why our planet's axial tilt, not proximity to the sun, is the key factor. Newsletters Games Share a News Tip ...

Myth No. 1: The Seasons Change Because of the Earth's Distance From the Sun . ... not the greatest amount of heat. "The hottest days are weeks later, on the average," Ciupik said.

The Earth’s crust consists of large tectonic plates, massive slabs of rock moving slowly but constantly. When these p Heat from the sun triggers earthquake activity on Earth ...

Scientists predicted that Tuesday will be a fraction of a second shorter than normal as the Earth's rotation is moving faster ...

Real world measurements of how much extra heat the Earth is trapping are well beyond most climate models. That’s a real problem.

Researchers explore the likelihood that Earth's climate, as affected by solar heat, plays a role in seismic activity. Using mathematical and computational methods, they analyzed earthquake data ...

The Copernicus team calculated 1.6 degrees Celsius of warming, Japan 1.57 and the British 1.53. Berkeley Earth — founded by a climate change skeptic — came in the hottest at 1.62 degrees.

Environment Earth breaks heat record, goes past dangerous warming threshold It's the first time in recorded history that the planet was above a hoped-for limit to warming for an entire year.