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PERIHELION AND APHELION
Why summer arrives when Earth is farthest from the Sun: the Aphelion paradoxDespite Earth reaching its aphelion, the farthest point from the sun, the Northern Hemisphere is experiencing scorching heat. This seemingl...- Solstice 2025: Why the world's longest day isn’t its hottest and what happens afterThe summer solstice on 21 June marks the longest day of 2024 in the Northern Hemisphere. While many believe this signals the peak of summer...
- Pluto-like planet discovered: How big is it and how far is it from Earth?Researchers believe that 2017 OF201’s highly eccentric orbit points to a chaotic origin, possibly caused by a gravitational push from one o...
- Our planet is about to reach its greatest distance from the sunLearn about Earth's upcoming aphelion, where it reaches its greatest distance from the sun. Explore the impact of elliptical orbits and gra...
- Extremely distant solar system object discoveredScientists have discovered a distant object at the edge of the solar system, which completes one orbit around the Sun every 40,000 years, a...
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