Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Earth reaches its farthest point from the sun, aphelion, on ...

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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Have you ever heard someone say that Earth travels around the Sun in a perfect circle? Well, that's not actually true. Most of us picture Earth orbiting the Sun like a marble going around the center ...

Earth, our home planet, is a world unlike any other. The third planet from the sun, Earth is the only place in the known ...