One Earth compared to the size of the sun. ESA & NASA. Coronal holes are common; there is "nothing unusual here," Scott McIntosh, a solar physicist and the deputy director of the National Center ...

How long does it take Pluto to orbit the sun? Learn more about how this planet makes one lap around our Solar System.

Facts about our Sun, including its distance from Earth, what the Sun is made of, and how long it would take to drive there (hint: a long time!).

For comparison’s sake, the average distance from the Earth to the moon is about 239,000 miles, according to NASA. The Sun is approximately 93 million miles from Earth.

At aphelion, Earth’s distance from the sun is about 94.5 million miles. Six months later, at the start of January in the winter, Earth is at its closest point to the sun at 91.5 million miles ...

Venus could make a brief appearance this weekend as it passes between the Earth and the sun. Just be warned: It won't be easy to spot in the sun's glow, according to astronomers.

Astronomers spotted a potential Earth-size rocky world orbiting a white dwarf, suggesting a future in which our planet outlives its star. By Jonathan O’Callaghan In six billion years the sun ...