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The Earth will be at its closest point to the sun this weekend — why it’s still winter

NORFOLK, Va. — The earth’s journey around the Sun is not a perfect circle. Instead, our planet follows a slightly oval-shaped path called an ellipse, meaning our distance from the Sun changes ...
Los Angeles Times

Spacecraft’s impact changed asteroid’s orbit around the sun in a save-the-Earth test, study finds

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — An asteroid that NASA used for target practice a few years ago was in fact nudged into a ...
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Why does Earth get colder when we’re closest to the Sun?

Every January, Earth reaches its closest point to the Sun, known as perihelion. Yet, it’s winter in the Northern Hemisphere. This may seem odd: why is it colder when we’re supposedly closer to the Sun ...
AOL

Earth’s distance from the Sun found to dramatically alter seasons

A strip of cool water stretches west from South America along the equator, helping set the pace for some of the planet’s most important weather swings. That Pacific “cold tongue” helps steer the El ...
IFLScience

Jupiter Technically Does Not Orbit The Sun. A Lot Of Time, Neither Does Earth

Thanks to the sheer mass of Jupiter and fellow gas giant Saturn, the Solar System barycenter is rarely in the center of the ...
The Columbian

Spacecraft’s impact changed asteroid’s orbit around the sun in a save-the-Earth test, study finds

In this image provided by NASA, an impact plume emerges from the asteroid Dimorphos, left, after DART collides into it on Sept. 26, 2022, orbiting the larger asteroid Dimorphos. (NASA/ASI/University ...
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Spacecraft's impact changed asteroid's orbit around the sun in a save-the-Earth test, study finds

In this image provided by NASA, an impact plume emerges from the asteroid Dimorphos, left, after DART collides into it on Sept. 26, 2022, orbiting the larger asteroid Dimorphos. (NASA/ASI/University ...