Right now, Earth is about 3.1 million miles farther from the sun than it is in early January when it reaches perihelion, its closest point. Compared to its average distance of 93 million miles, that’s ...

Earth's average temperature is 60°F (15.5°C), ... Distance from the Sun: Earth is the third planet from the Sun, which is about 93 million miles (150 million km) away.

Overall, Earth's average global temperature is about 4 degrees Fahrenheit (2.3 degrees Celsius) ... So if the Earth-sun distance isn't responsible for the current heat wave, what is?

The temperature and extent of the cold tongue changes with the seasons, but new climate simulations show that the annual change in Earth’s distance from the sun also affects the cold tongue ...

The average distance between Earth and the sun, what astronomers call an astronomical unit, is defined as 149,597,870.7 km. So this time we’ll be a little bit more than 1.5 percent farther out ...

MORE: NASA announces delay of its Artemis moon missions until 2025, 2026. Due to the super-Earth's distance from its parent star, it could be in a conservative "habitable zone" and harbor the ...

Earth-sun distance dramatically alters seasons in the equatorial Pacific in a 22,000-year cycle An unrecognized effect boosts or diminishes the Pacific cold tongue, likely impacting El Niño/La ...

The temperature in outer space is determined by the amount of sunlight in the area. (Image credit: ISS Crew Earth Observations Experiment and Image Science & Analysis Laboratory/Johnson Space Center.) ...