The sun's distance from Earth changes throughout the year but it has nothing to do with the seasons. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere might be high, but on July 6, our planet will be at its farthest point from the sun this year. It's an annual occasion called aphelion, a term that comes from ...

[Update: My apologies: due to a cut-and-paste error, I had mistakenly listed the perihelion distance as the average distance of the Earth to the Sun (147 versus 149 ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Here we are, at a special point in our year-long journey around the sun! Although to be fair, it's probably something you might not have heard of before. It's called aphelion and it's ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Winter's chill has finally returned to South Carolina after record warm weather over the holidays so it may come as a surprise to some that Earth is closer to the Sun now than any ...

Justice 4 All is a new community initiative which is the result of a longstanding partnership between WJXT and local law enforcement agencies. The mission is to connect and inform the community about ...

Earth on Tuesday made its closest approach to the sun, an annual celestial event that happens to occur at the start of the new year. The planet follows an elliptical orbit around the sun, rather than ...