This article was originally featured on The Conversation. Spring, summer, fall and winter–the seasons on Earth change every few months, around the same time every year. It’s easy to take this cycle ...

Here's how the astronomical phenomenon influences our planet—from the length of our seasons to the way Earth moves through ...

It may be surprising to many that the Earth is closest to the Sun in January, while at the same time, much of the Northern ...

Spring, summer, fall, and winter — the seasons on Earth change every few months, around the same time every year. It’s easy to take this cycle for granted here on Earth, but not every planet has a ...

Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have watched our planet's seasons from space and discovered that spring, summer, winter, and fall are surprisingly out of sync. Just because two ...

As the year gets underway, something important happens quietly in space while life on Earth carries on as usual. Our planet ...

P erihelion – or the Earth's closest approach to our host star – will take place on January 3, 2026. At this point, our ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - The Earth has seasons due to the tilt of Earth's axis, which is a line through the south to north pole. The Earth's axis tilts towards and away from the Sun's rays as it travels in a ...

Meteorologist Dalencia Jenkins describes how Earth's proximity to the sun impacts the seasons — and it isn't how you might ...

Earth's seasons look very different at locations not far from each other, 20 years' worth of satellite data reveals. Earth's seasonal cycles can vary dramatically across short distances, even at the ...

Nearby planets can affect how one planet 'wobbles' on its spin axis, which contributes to seasons. Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library via Getty Images Spring, summer, fall and winter – the seasons on ...