A large region of unusually hot rock deep beneath the Appalachian Mountains in the United States could be linked to Greenland ...

Scientists predicted that Tuesday will be a fraction of a second shorter than normal as the Earth's rotation is moving faster ...

Since Kepler's laws of motion dictate that celestial bodies orbit more slowly when farther from the sun, we are now moving at ...

As summer settles in and temperatures climb in the Northern Hemisphere, it’s impossible to forget just how much the sun affects life on our planet. The sun may appear to be constant from day to ...

Real world measurements of how much extra heat the Earth is trapping are well beyond most climate models. That’s a real problem.

So today, the first day of summer (and the longest day of the year), we examine four myths about the summer solstice. Myth No. 1: The Seasons Change Because of the Earth's Distance From the Sun ...

Researchers explore the likelihood that Earth's climate, as affected by solar heat, plays a role in seismic activity. Using mathematical and computational methods, they analyzed earthquake data ...

Their findings, published in the scientific journal Chaos, reveal surprising connections between solar heat, Earth's temperature, and seismic activity. Sunspots are dark patches on the sun caused ...