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 ...

Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have watched our planet's seasons from space and discovered that spring ...

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

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 ...

The New Year would begin with our planet being closest to the sun, raising queries about the cold weather and no heat despite ...

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 ...

Winter often feels like a long stretch of weak light and cold air. The idea that Earth is actually closest to the Sun during ...

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 ...

Daniel Hernández Carrasco receives funding from a Doctoral Scholarship by the University of Canterbury. Jonathan Tonkin receives funding from a Rutherford Discovery Fellowship administered by 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 ...